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

By Timothy Aeppel

Robotics
Monday, 06 Jul 2020
6:25 PM MYT

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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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