In 17 days, Shield48 has manufactured and delivered around 20,000 face shields to almost 400 customers in Latvia. The winners of the Latvian virtual HackForce hackathon, the Shield48 team is…
Latvian Minister of Defence Artis Pabriks visited the "Shield48" face shield production site to discuss the development of the project, contribution to the national defence against Covid-19 and opportunities for…
Latvian Development finance institution ALTUM has granted a 100,000 EUR loan to Shield48, which manufactures and supplies face shields to medical professionals during the COVID-19 health crisis. The project loan…
We have made our Shield48 face shield design accessible to everyone. If you want to create your own face shield, please visit GrabCAD repository. Thanks to everyone who supported us…
Ventspils Technical School Ventspils tehnikums has also joined our decentralized network of face shield manufacturers! Equipped with 3D printers and CNC machines, the school is perfectly capable to work as…
"If someone told us at the beginning of the hackathon that we would win and get up to 10,000 face shield purchases, we wouldn't believe it. But it was not…
We have received several orders coming both from Estonia and Lithuania. Being the good neighbours we always have been, we will do our best to provide our Baltic brothers and…
On Tuesday, March 24, we signed a contract with the Latvian National Health Service to manufacture 10,000 face shields. The Latvian Medical Association (Latvijas Ārstu biedrība, LĀB) helps with the process coordination.…
We previously wrote about Liepāja Rainis Secondary School No. 6, but today Madona City Secondary School offered their help as well. Now 5 more MakerBot Replicator + 3D printers are…
Rimi Latvija was among the first and Shield48 face shield testers. Collaboration with Rimi started while the team was still participating in the Latvian virtual hackathon HackForce. In order to…