Derbyshire company produces thousands of labels for life-saving ventilators

Blackfish have been working around the clock to produce thousands of technical labels which will be applied to ventilators.

These ventilators are estimated to be able to save more than 90,000 lives in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Blackfish Group is one of a number of organisations in the UK who have been given clearance to access the government’s emergency supply chain partners, to ensure they can obtain raw materials from anywhere in the world, whenever they are needed.

The opportunity for Blackfish to play such a major role at this challenging time, is thanks to an already well-established relationship with client, Penlon, who develop world renowned medical devices and are at the heart of the collaboration.

It is also down to the technical abilities that Blackfish Group is able to offer, due to the investment made in machinery which allows staff to print technically challenging labels for medical equipment; of which there are very few other companies in the UK- if any - who can produce such labels.

With such an important task on their hands, it’s hard to believe that the Blackfish Group was actually only formed nine months ago.

The group consists of six smaller businesses – who were all doing well in their own right – coming together to realise true potential.

Blackfish was the crystallisation of their relationships, each bringing specialisms, knowledge, decades of expertise and experience to a joint entity.

The Blackfish Group is made up of a board of six directors and 48 team members.

David Cordy, chairman of Blackfish Group, said: “While the country is undergoing the most challenging of times, the chance to be a trusted partner at the heart of this project to help save so many people, has given the whole company a real sense of purpose.

“Our team has risen to the challenge, I could not be more proud of them.

“The government’s advice is clear and we have been able to adopt all aspects of it. Our personnel have embraced the important role we have to play and are keen to maintain their own safety so that they can guarantee they can fulfill it.”