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SCHOOL staff who helped to make face shields during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic have been honoured.
The design and technology department at Shiplake College made hundreds of visors back in April when supplies of personal protective equipment were running low.
Teachers and students worked together in socially distanced groups, producing more than 100 visors a day.
These were sent to GP surgeries in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire as well as the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.
The department and volunteers received the supporting the community award at the college’s inaugural Lockdown Awards, which were held online.
• The Japanese carmaker currently builds the NP200 half-ton pickup, and NP300 one-ton Hardbody.
• In 2019, they announced a R3-billion investment to facilitate the local production of the Nissan Navara.
It s been 60 years since Japanese carmaker Nissan, via the Datsun brand, made its first investment in Africa. The brand turned soil in Zimbabwe and the Nissan Motor Company Limited, opening its Rosslyn operations in South Africa.
The group furthered its investments in 2000, when it purchased a 37% stake from Sanlam Group; opened an assembly facility in Egypt; and became the first overseas car manufacturer to begin local assembly in Nigeria in 2014.
In 2019, Nissan continued its commitment to the continent, making a R3-billion investment announcement to facilitate the local production of the Navara bakkie.
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