Business and politics are working closely together: Porsche, DB Schenker, and Lufthansa Cargo are helping Baden-Württemberg and the Free State of Saxony in Germany to overcome the coronavirus crisis. For this purpose, the sports car manufacturer has put together a task force with six employees from the Procurement department and is organising the supply chains of urgently needed protective equipment in China on behalf of the German federal state governments.
“Everyone is contributing their strengths in this joint effort and it is working extremely well. At the moment it is more than ever about getting involved, showing consideration for others and taking on responsibility – central values of our Porsche culture,” says Uwe-Karsten Städter, Member of the Executive Board for Procurement at Porsche AG.
Since the flights started, several million protective items, face masks of different protection classes, protective suits and protective goggles, have arrived at the intermediate warehouse in Stuttgart. By probably the end of May, protective materials with a value running into triple-digit millions of euros will have been organised and transported from China to Germany. That is equivalent in total to a volume of up to 50 passenger aircraft needed for transport.