Greek companies turn crisis into opportunity

As the coronavirus restrictions put much in the way of economic activity on ice, many Greek enterprises chose not to shut down but rather to shift their production to products required in the pandemic.

Lariplast and Thrace Plastics, for example, started producing face masks, illustrating one of the ways in which corporations could adjust to the requirements of the pandemic. And now the list of companies turning the crisis into an opportunity is growing.

In another example, a wedding dress designing company joined the effort to produce much needed face masks, while plastics company Tetraform - based in Kilkis, Central Macedonia - started manufacturing plastic face shields for hospitals.

Other companies have turned to the production of disinfectants.

Olga Karaververis, head of fashion house Karaververis, tells Kathimerini that, "during the lockdown, which...