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Coronavirus / Personal Protective Equipment / Textile Industry

Canadian firm manufacturing new masks at GR plant

QUEBEC CITY—Duvaltex, the medical and furniture textile manufacturer, announced the launch of a new non-medical protective face mask, manufactured at its plant in Grand Rapids. The company said the new …

Coronavirus / Personal Protective Equipment

Chinese-backed Ann Arbor incubator helps Chinese firm get U.S. approval for N95 masks

ANN ARBOR—The United States subsidiary of a Chinese business incubator that started at Tsinghua University, Ann Arbor-based TusStar, the Chinese nanotechnology company Neatrition has received United States approval for its …

Coronavirus / Personal Protective Equipment

Whirlpool, Dow, Reynolds team up to make respirators

BENTON HARBOR—The appliance maker Whirlpool Corp., Midland chemical giant Dow Chemical and Lake Forest, Ill.-based Reynolds Consumer Products have announced a collaboration to provide much-needed respirators to the healthcare workers …

Coronavirus / Personal Protective Equipment

Aspen boosts production of PPE

CALEDONIA—Aspen Surgical Products Inc. announced it is increasing production capacity for the Precept brand of personal protective equipment to support COVID-19 relief efforts in North America. With high demand for …

Coronavirus / Health Care / Personal Protective Equipment

Health insurer donates PPE

DETROIT—The government healthcare program administrator Meridian announced that it had donated more than 130,000 units of personal protection equipment to help protect Michigan’s first responders and essential workers on the …

Coronavirus / Personal Protective Equipment

Ford, 3M begin shipping air-purifying respirators for healthcare workers

DEARBORN—The first Ford-built powered air-purifying respirators, developed in close collaboration with St. Paul, Minn.-based 3M, are now on their way to help protect health care workers fighting COVID-19. Since late …

Auto Suppliers / Coronavirus / Manufacturing

Auburn Hills firm supporting Ford, 3M respiratory gear manufacturing

AUBURN HILLS—The auto fluid systems supplier TI Fluid Systems has announced a collaboration with Ford Motor Co. and 3M to produce air flex tube assemblies for powered air-purifying respiratory systems …

Coronavirus

Dow designs new simplified face shield for front-line healthcare workers

MIDLAND—To help address the urgent need for personal protective equipment among healthcare professionals battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Midland-based Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) has developed a simplified face shield design …

3D Printing / Coronavirus / Lawrence Technological University

LTU’s Detroit Center for Design + Technology, Centrepolis Accelerator support alumni donating 3D printed face shields to area hospitals

DETROIT—Two Lawrence Technological University alumni, who work together at Neumann/Smith Architecture, are making a difference during this difficult time. When Designers John McGarry and Trent Schmitz—both LTU College of Architecture …

Coronavirus

Ford to produce respirators with 3M, PPE and coronavirus tests with others

DEARBORN—Ford Motor Co. announced that it is expanding its efforts to design and produce urgently needed medical equipment and supplies for health care workers, first responders and patients fighting coronavirus. …

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