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BUU LONG INDUSTRY AND INVESTMENT JSC AND SCG CONCRETE ROOF (VIETNAM) CO., LTD DONATED 02 COVID-19 MOBILE POSITIVE PRESSURE CHAMBERS DEVELOPED BY SCG TO DONG NAI PROVINCE
Dong Nai, October 08, 2020: With the effort continuously to support community, Buu Long Industry and Investment JSC (Buu Long) and SCG Concrete Roof (Vietnam) Co.,Ltd,, two subsidiaries of SCG in Vietnam have teamed up to hand over two (02) Covid-19 mobile positive pressure chambers to Dong Nai Department of Health as the effective measure to protect frontline medical workers as well as prevent viral spread of Covid-19. The chamber has been developed by SCG, produced in Vietnam, applied pressure principle had been used extensively by major hospitals in Thailand during the pandemic combat.
Mr. Udorn Chobtham, General Director of Buu Long JSC and SCG Concrete Roof stated: “Vietnam has currently put the Covid-19 pandemic under control, however, the global situation has not yet settled. As Dong Nai province is an important hub for industrial zones and has a proximity to Ho Chi Minh City, it is necessary to apply precautious measure to prevent the pandemic spread. Acknowledging this, Buu Long JSC and SCG Concrete Roof would like to share this responsibility to support and protect the local medical workforce via this innovation and expertise.”
When collecting the sample, the medical workforce is prone to get contacted with the virus in micro-droplet from the talking, sneezing, and coughing that often happen during the swap. Designed and built by SCG, these mobile positive pressure chambers aim to avoid direct contact between the sample collecting staff and the person providing the sample. The chambers are built on the positive pressure room principle, in which the inside air pressure is greater than the pressure outside the room. This status is achieved by pumping in filtered and sterilized, clean air. The purpose of positive pressure is to ensure that the outside airborne pathogens do not contaminate through inside that room.
Having tested through the peak time of Covid-19 in Thailand, the mobile positive pressure chamber concept is once again brought by SCG to Vietnam. The first batch of 04 chambers was delivered to Da Nang Center for Disease Control (CDC) early this August by SCG Cement – Building Materials LLC. Later in December 2020, TPC VINA, SCG’s subsidiaries, also imported 03 mobile units to equip Dong Nai General Hospital in Dong Nai province.
Recognizing the benefits of these chambers in pandemic combat, Buu Long JSC and SCG Concrete Roof have made an effort to donate two more units of mobile positive pressure chambers to the Medical Centers at Vinh Cuu district and Trang Bom district in Dong Nai province.
“Contributing to the local community development is the mission that drives our operation in the past years. Buu Long JSC and SCG Concrete Roof, we hope to join hands with local authorities to protect health and bring better living to people in Dong Nai, pursuing the sustainable principle that SCG sets forth ever since.”, said Mr. Udorn Chobtham, representative of SCG.
Buu Long Industry & Investment JSC is a business unit of SCG Cement in Vietnam, located in Binh Thach Hamlet, -Binh Hoa Ward, Vinh Cuu District, Dong Nai province. The company has operated since 2011 with the main operation of producing white cement (tiger and elephant). Meanwhile, SCG Concrete Roof (Vietnam) Co.Ltd., located in Singapore IZ, Thuan An City, Binh Duong Province, is a business unit of SCG that has been under operation for more than 14 years in the market.
Following SCG’s sustainable principles, Buu Long JSC and SCG Concrete Roof have always cared about environmental and community welfare, with the commitment to deliver a better living to everyone.
About SCG
SCG, one of the leading conglomerates in the ASEAN region, comprises three core businesses: SCG Cement-Building Materials, SCG Chemicals, and SCG Packaging. With more than 200 companies under its umbrella and approximately 57,000 employees, SCG creates and distributes innovative products and services that respond to the current and future needs of consumers. SCG began its business operations in Vietnam in 1992 with a trading business and gradually expanded investment in diversified businesses in the cement-building materials, chemicals, and packaging.
Today, with a total of 21 companies across Vietnam driven by more than 9,600 employees, SCG offers a variety of premium products and services to markets. Available products in cement-building materials include concrete roof, fiber cement board, fiber-cement wood substitute products for floor and ceiling, white cement, ready-mixed concrete under the brand ‘SCG’ and wall and floor ceramic tiles under the brand ‘Prime’ and sanitary ware & fittings, bathroom fixtures under the brand ‘COTTO’. The latest is the cement product under ‘SCG Super Cement’, ‘Song Gianh’, and ‘StarCemt’. In the packaging business, available products are reading & writing paper under the brand ‘IDEA’ and corrugated containers, kraft paper, and flexible packaging. In the chemicals business, available products are downstream chemicals products such as PE&PP, XLPE, PVC resin, and compound, etc.
Some images at the event
Mr. Piyapong Jriyasetapong – General Director of SCG Vietnam and Mr. Udorn Chobtham – General Director of Buu Long Industry and Investment JSC and SCG Concrete Roof (left) handed over the positive pressure chamber units to Dong Nai Department of Health
A close-up shot of mobile positive pressure chamber
Mr. Nguyen Huu Tai – Deputy Director of Dong Nai Department of Health experimented the mobile positive pressure chamber himself to thoroughly understand its function.