HIL Industries Bhd which ventured into personal protective equipment (PPE) and healthcare business in July 2020 has expanded its face masks product range to include surgical-grade masks with anti-viral and filtration efficiency to remove over 99.9% of virus and air-borne particles.
The company’s PPE (personal protection equipment) and healthcare arm HIL Medic Sdn Bhd has recently begun the manufacturing of the four-layer, self-sanitising copper oxide Korean Filter 99 (KF99) at its manufacturing facility in Shah Alam and will soon add the five-layer KN95 masks in its product line-up.
KF99 and KN95 surgical masks are among the highest standard protective respirators, designed and manufactured in line with international standards. Both come with copper nanoparticle technology that provides bacteria filtration efficiency (BFE) that is lab-proven to kill 99.9% of the virus once it is trapped in the mask.
The two surgical masks also come with high filtration efficiency to block more than 99% of most penetrating particle size (MPPS) of 0.1 microns. The KN95 mask comes with an additional hot air filter cotton for a total of five layers.
The latest addition complements HIL Medic’s existing core product lines which comprise face shields, three-ply and four-ply surgical face masks as well as KF94 masks.
According to HIL Industries president and CEO Datuk Milton Ng, the addition of the company’s face mask product line-up is timely considering rising demand for higher quality face masks.
“As COVID-19 is not quite behind us, we are living alongside the pandemic where the usage of face masks is fast becoming the norm and a necessity as seen in the localities of respiratory virus outbreaks in recent past,” he argued.
“As economic and social activities resume globally on the back of mass-vaccination, demand for higher quality face masks remain solid as another line of defence against the emergence of new variants of the COVID-19 virus including Delta, Delta plus and Omicron.”
Moving forward, Ng said HIL Industries aspires to provide only the highest quality PPE and healthcare products at affordable prices.
“As our surgical masks are manufactured in Malaysia, we are able to provide competitive pricing while ensuring stringent quality control for the benefit of our customers,” he justified.
HIL Medic’s KF99 masks are manufactured using Korean technology in accordance with SIRIM’s ISO 10993 biocompatibility standards. The masks are water repellent, and come with slim-fit cutting for tight fit and additional comfort. The masks are currently available online via Shopee and Lazada or off-the-shelf in Guardian Pharmacy.
HIL Medic’s masks have received a host of recognition from local and international bodies including the Medical Device Authority (MDA), the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the Conformite Europeenne (CE) Mark, European standard EN14683, SIRIM, ISO and the ASTM Level 3 certification.
HIL Industries expects the PPE and Healthcare division to contribute positively to the group’s earnings from the financial year ending Dec 31, 2022 onwards.
At the close of today’s mid-day trading, HIL Industries was unchanged at 98 sen with no share traded (market cap: RM327 mil) – Dec 2, 2021
