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Sailrite offers PPE materials and patterns

Sailrite has expanded their usual sewing resources to include video and blog content addressing the current pandemic and the need for DIY personal protective equipment. The Sailrite face mask pattern comes in three standard face sizes — small, medium and large — and the company also developed a Face Mask Calculator which takes face measurements and creates a mask [...]

By |2020-04-15T07:07:22-05:00April 15, 2020|

Carr Textiles offers medical fabrics

Carr Textile offers in stock fabrics for immediate shipment of consumer grade masks, gowns, scrubs, coats and curtains with special finishes such as Water Repellant, PU coating, from 3 oz to 12 oz in poly blends, 100% Cottons, and 100% Polyester. Ray DawsonCarr Textile Corp.243 Wolfner Drive   Fenton, MO  63026Direct Dial Phone  636 680 0625 and [...]

By |2020-04-15T07:04:27-05:00April 15, 2020|

Raven seeks information on PPE production OEM’s looking for PE sources

Raven Engineered Films is seeking contacts with any manufacturers or fabricators who are looking to produce disposable medical gowns (PPE) for the COVID-19 demand. Raven manufactures wide-width plastic film and sheeting in many thicknesses, non-supported and supported, that would work well for this application or any other fabric structures that include a plastic layer component.  [...]

By |2020-04-13T10:10:26-05:00April 13, 2020|

Healthcare Cleaner Compatibility List available on Serge Ferrari textiles

Serge Ferrari, manufacturer of technical and performance flexible composite materials, has tested its silicone coated fabrics, Stamskin® One and Stamoid® Smart, against the most common and aggressive cleaners used in North American hospitals and healthcare facilities with excellent results, thus enabling the company to contribute in answering the current COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Serge Ferrari is making this Healthcare Cleaner [...]

By |2020-04-10T14:03:42-05:00April 10, 2020|

OTEX Specialty Narrow Fabrics supplies COVID-19 efforts

Founded as a ribbon-weaving company in 1921, OTEX Specialty Narrow Fabrics has been a leading manufacturer of mission-critical textiles (for use in Personal Protective Equipment – PPE, and Apparel) since the 1970s. Our primary markets include: First Responders (Fire Safety & Rescue, Emergency Health Services, Law Enforcement, etc.)Defense (all branches of the military)Industrial Safety We at OTEX [...]

By |2020-04-10T09:05:44-05:00April 10, 2020|

Polar Shade shifts focus to PPE

Polar Shades Sun Control, Las Vegas, Nev., typically manufactures window coverings, but the company has recently shifted focus to make PPE in response to COVID-19. Steve Mevius, owner of Polar, and Jordan Mevius put their heads together on how they could help make a difference for their community. “Right now, it is our job to [...]

By |2020-04-10T07:41:44-05:00April 10, 2020|

High school students in Missouri use 3D printers to fight COVID-19

With healthcare workers at the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, the demand for personal protective equipment is at an all-time high. To address this challenge, students at Camdenton, Mo., High School are using 3D printers to help produce hundreds of face shields for health care workers at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, Missouri. [...]

By |2020-04-09T17:19:07-05:00April 9, 2020|

U.S. Air Force RFI seeks mask suppliers

The U.S. Air Force COVID-19 Task Force is urgently seeking to determine manufacturing capabilities to prevent further infections. The request specifically seeks suppliers of nonmedical graded, cloth masks. The Request for Information (RFI) is at https://www.afwerx.af.mil/coronavirus.html. The RFI form can be accessed directly by selecting the following link:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdat2IJnf6oIj9yoPsauXI7Ua21LsiZpJCQPuHElX0wWG2GqA/viewform. The request states, “We are open to design [...]

By |2020-04-09T17:17:59-05:00April 9, 2020|

Two USG Requests for Information: Domestic Textile Manufacturing PPE Capabilities

Dear ATA Members and Industry Professionals: We want to make you aware of two new requests for information (RFIs) related to supplying PPE to the government. FEMA RFI on PPE Ramp Up Capabilities FEMA has posted an RFI here designed to:  Identify manufacturers who have current capability to produce Personal Protective Equipment (PPE);Identify manufacturers who are able [...]

By |2020-04-09T08:14:04-05:00April 9, 2020|

Elevate Textiles brands A&E and Burlington participate in the Gerber PPE Task Force

Supporting COVID-19 PPE efforts with Maxima® Barrier fabric and technical thread products Elevate Textiles, a global provider of advanced, high quality products and mission critical textile solutions is pleased to participate in the recently launched Gerber PPE Task Force. This industry-wide effort combines resources and expertise to support manufacturing operations and brands as they increase [...]

By |2020-04-09T07:10:25-05:00April 9, 2020|
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