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# One step ahead

Shaping chaos into productivity: David Forrester Zamith looks at how screen printing adapted to the pandemic and what it needs to do to continue to evolve. As a result of the Covid-19 global pandemic, lockdown in Portugal, as elsewhere, caused normal economy to halt, with no sales and no orders, and with production and logistics chains broken. In Europe a chaotic situation emerged with a lack of adequate face masks and PPE due to dependence on overseas products, particularly from Asia. Special

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•February 1, 2021•1 min read

Shaping chaos into productivity: David Forrester Zamith looks at how screen printing adapted to the pandemic and what it needs to do to continue to evolve.

As a result of the Covid-19 global pandemic, lockdown in Portugal, as elsewhere, caused normal economy to halt, with no sales and no orders, and with production and logistics chains broken. In Europe a chaotic situation emerged with a lack of adequate face masks and PPE due to dependence on overseas products, particularly from Asia.

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