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Manufacturing During a Crisis: Top Companies on the Front Lines

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Industry Today’s Best of the Best: Manufacturing During a Crisis

Which is why this July edition of Industry Today is a bit changed from our usual coverage of industry trends and company profiles. Because of the impact of COVID-19, we’re focusing entirely on how manufacturers are reacting during this emergency. Which is with…

Canon Solutions America

Canon Powers Manufacturing of PPE

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. By Sal Shiekh, Vice President, Marketing at Canon Solutions America, Inc. Amid event cancellations and temporary closures of businesses, schools and…

Spartech Ohio

Spartech’s Paulding, Ohio Plant Adapts, Creates Jobs

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. By Gary Buckland With demand for clear barriers increasing during the Coronavirus, our Spartech Paulding, Ohio plant swiftly pivoted to plexiglass. As a result, we…

Solvay and Boeing

Solvay and Boeing Partner on COVID-19 Face Shields

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. When speed is essential, longstanding industry relationships can give projects a big head start. Case in point: when Boeing approached innovation partner Solvay for help with…

Ozark River Manufacturing

Ozark River Portable Sinks Keep Essential Workers Safe

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. Ozark River Portable Sinks installed in a temporary facility at the New Bridge Medical Center.Headquartered near Nashville in Murfreesboro, Ozark River…

Keter North America

Keter Creates Reusable Face Shield to Protect Frontline

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. You may have seen Keter’s outdoor storage solutions at major retailers across North America, but the company has now pivoted some…

Discovery Plastics

Custom Molding Company Creates 3D Masks

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. Discovery Plastics have been in business more than 15 years and is a member of Oklahoma’s Chamber of Commerce that prepares custom molding for…

MORGAN Li

MORGAN Li Providing Social Distancing Essentials

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. By: Andy Rosenband, MORGAN Li CEO At MORGAN Li, we’ve always prioritized collaborating with our partners to find custom solutions for…

Sciessent

Overcoming PPE shortages with Superior Supplier Support

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. By Jeffrey A. Trogolo, PhD, chief technology officer, Sciessent Supply shortages associated with COVID-19, most notably the need for personal protective…

Air Rover

Fighting COVID-19 with Multi-Room Negative Air Machine

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. For over 30 years, Air Rover has helped Aerospace, Defense and Commercial customers solve their most difficult environmental control challenges. Now…

Nottingham Spirk

Helping Companies Adapt to Help Fight COVID-19

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. By: Bill Nottingham, Vice President of Growth Nottingham Spirk, a Cleveland-based innovation hub, is helping companies across the U.S. design new…

Battelle

Rising to the Challenge: How We Decontaminate PPE

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. In partnership with the FDA in 2015-2016, we had explored how we could decontaminate PPE in the event of a pandemic…

Vale Fox Distillery

The Vale Fox Distillery Steps Up for Frontline Workers

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. Innovation is nothing new to Dutchess County, NY. Over the decades, countless companies have re-located to the region creating unique products…

Qualtek Manufacturing

Every Part Counts with Qualtek Manufacturing

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. Qualtek Manufacturing is a contract manufacturer specializing in high volume metal stampings based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Three years ago, the…

Titan Robotics

Titan Robotics Pivots to Produce Face Shields

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. When the coronavirus began impacting the U.S., Titan Robotics, an industrial 3D printer manufacturer based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, quickly jumped…

Desert Door Texas Sotol

Desert Door Texas Sotol Aids Texas First Responders

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. Desert Door Texas Sotol employees unpack materials and bottle hand sanitizer produced at their distillery in Driftwood, Texas.By Brent Looby, Co-Founder…

AstenJohnson

AstenJohnson Advances Employee Protection

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. AstenJohnson is a family-owned group of companies operating 10 global plants to produce a range of textile products for use by…

GM

GM Faces Up to Mask Shortage

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. Automaker GM changed lanes and accelerated production in its Warren, Mich. facility to make Level 1 face masks for the protection of frontline workers during…

Euclid® Medical Products

Pouch Packaging Punches Up Pharmacy Capabilities

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. Over the past month, supermarket shelves quickly cleared of toilet paper and cleaning essentials as public fear of COVID-19 took hold,…

Spartech Wisconsin

Spartech Donation Aids in Fight Against COVID-19

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. By Todd Niemuth Thanks to a donation of essential plastic materials by our Spartech team, a company has been able to product 20,000 face shields…

Crystal Group

Crystal Group Supports Employee COVID-19 Initiative

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. Wesley Allensworth, electrical engineer at Crystal Group, is using the manufacturing capabilities of the company to 3-D print critical parts of protective…

Madico

Madico Acts to Shield Healthcare Workers

Click here to read the complete illustrated article as originally published or continue below to read the text article. In response to the urgent need for personal protective equipment (PPE), Madico Inc. is now mass producing 10,000 face shields a day. In addition,…

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