Who you gonna call? Germbusters! Pandemic drives boom in spray machines and robots


Brunache spraying surface sanitiser inside of Marcel Interiors office space to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Apopka, Florida, US. — Reuters

STAMFORD, Connecticut: Timothy Kane, CEO of Goodway Technologies Corp, has never been so popular. Making machines that spray disinfectant, once a niche business, is now an essential service – and the phone is ringing off the hook.

"Our orders jumped 50-fold in April, it was like a switch got flipped," said Kane.

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