A LOCAL business has donated vital PPE to frontline workers providing care at Wrexham Maelor Hospital.

AE Sewing Machines based on the Vauxhall Industrial Estate in Ruabon recently donated 100 face shield visors to Awyr Las – The North Wales NHS Charity, to help protect key workers through the pandemic.

A member of the Betsi Cadwaladr team collected them and they were distributed to the Intensive Care Ward and Critical Care Unit at Wrexham Maelor.

Local ward councillor David Bithell said: “It’s great to see a local business, doing their bit to help keep NHS workers protected during these difficult times and to provide a small token of gratitude for the amazing work which they are doing.”

AE Sewing Machines are a family business based in Wrexham, and are one of the UK’s leading suppliers of industrial fabric cutting, sewing, and finishing equipment.

Rhys Gerrard, commercial director at AE Sewing Machines, added: “We have been working closely with British businesses producing PPE throughout the lockdown period, providing specialist machines and technical support, and we will continue to do so for as long as needed.

"Our most heartfelt thanks go out to all the key workers who are working so hard on the front-line, we are glad that we can be a part of producing the equipment required to keep them safe.”