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What will it take to make more PPE in the US?
A southern Virginia factory, which is the only facility in the U.S. that is equipped to make medical-grade synthetic rubber for exam gloves, isn't actually making any at all. Neither are two other factories — one in Maryland, one in New Hampshire — that are supposed...
More medical gloves are coming from China, as U.S. makers of protective gear struggle
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Despite post-COVID efforts, the U.S. is still undersupplied with domestic-made PPE
Read the full article at: https://www.npr.org/2023/11/01/1210012439/despite-post-covid-efforts-the-u-s-is-still-undersupplied-with-domestic-made-ppe Nearly a billion dollars went to trying to boost domestic manufacturing of PPE like masks and gloves. Experts say the...
Firms donate PPE to Israel search and rescue
Medical device makers Dentec Safety Specialists and United Safety Technology (UST) are assisting in efforts to send aid to Israel in response to the Oct. 7 terror attacks, as part of the American Medical Manufacturers Association (AMMA). The AMMA-led effort will make...
UST partners with Dentec, AMMA to support search and rescue in Israel
United Safety Technologies is partnering with Dentec Safety Specialists and the American Medical Manufacturers Association to provide reusable respirators to ZAKA, a voluntary search and rescue organization in Israel. BALTIMORE—United Safety Technology is partnering...
The HealthIL organization
The HealthIL organization, which helps the health system implement new technologies to improve the quality of medicine, created a collaboration with SafeSource Direct, which supplies personal protective equipment, and the American Personal Medical Equipment...
Zaka volunteers continue to operate in the field: huge emergency aid has landed in Israel
Zaka volunteers continue to operate in the field: huge emergency aid has landed in Israel Quick response to the terrorist events on October 7, essential medical protective equipment was flown from the United States to the ZAKA volunteers. Among other things, a protest...
Dentec, United Safety Technology, & AMMA Join Forces to Provide 400 Reusable Organic Vapor Filtering Masks to ZAKA Israel Search and Rescue
Three leaders in domestically manufactured PPE announced today that they will make and send 400 Comfort-Air® Reusable Respirators with reusable P100OV organic vapor filters to ZAKA, Israel’s leader in Search and Rescue. United Safety Technology is partnering with...
Made in Acadiana: Local PPE manufacturer donates to Israeli search & rescue effort
Broussard, La. - Sixty thousand nitrile gloves and 24,000 procedure masks proudly made in the USA are headed to Israel, donated by SafeSource Direct and the American Medical Manufacturers Association (AMMA). These items were shipped to ZAKA Search and Rescue...
COVID-19 economy wanes along with pandemic’s urgency
Giant drugmaker Pfizer has cut its revenue forecast for the year by $9 billon, largely due to weaker-than-expected sales of the company’s COVID-19 booster and the treatment Paxlovid. Like so many darlings of the COVID economy, Pfizer has seen a dramatic reversal of...
60,000 gloves, 24,000 face masks heading to Israel thanks to Broussard PPE maker
SafeSource Direct, a Broussard-based personal protective equipment manufacturer, has partnered with the American Medical Manufacturers Association to send 60,000 nitrile gloves and 24,000 face masks to Israel to help medical volunteers manage the ongoing fallout of...
PPE replenishments headed to Israel’s ZAKA Search and Rescue Volunteers from USA PPE Manufacturers. Made-in-America supplies will replace those exhausted after the 10/7 Terror Attacks.
60,000 nitrile gloves and 24,000 procedure masks proudly made in the USA are headed to Israel, donated by SafeSource Direct and the American Medical Manufacturers Association (AMMA). These items were shipped to ZAKA Search and Rescue Volunteers in Israel on Monday,...
Away They Go – A Bipartisan Senate Delegation Heads to China
Takeaway: We urge our leaders to protect America’s ability to remain competitive and resilient in the face of public health challenges Background: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will lead a bi-partisan delegation to China. The timing couldn’t be more critical....
Easter Eggs and Driving Color Innovations in PPE — An AMMA Conversation with Eddie Phanichkul of Lutema USA & MI Technologies, Inc.
Photos: The Lutema USA team was represented at the White House Easter Egg Roll, and President Biden sported M95i masks made by the AMMA member. How did Lutema USA begin manufacturing PPE? Our parent company MI Technologies, Inc., is an electronics manufacturer and...
An AMMA Conversation with Doug Wynalda, National Sales Manager, Wynalda Packaging
Making PPE in America is Patriotic…in Every Way How did you get started in the PPE business in America? Wynalda is a packaging company. We make boxes. Several customers heeded the call to make PPE during COVID and asked us to provide them with the necessary...
West Coast Ports In Peril – The Importance Of Domestic PPE Manufacturing To Safeguard Public Health
West Coast ports are currently struggling with a vessel buildup. In addition, the recently settled labor strife underscores the urgent need for the United States to strengthen its domestic PPE manufacturing capabilities. Relying heavily on foreign sources for...
New Norfolk business will focus on manufacturing health products
NORFOLK — Business leaders and Gov. Glenn Youngkin reiterated their focus on reshoring health product capabilities Wednesday at the ribbon-cutting for a new Norfolk business. Michael Alkire has a passion to reshore manufacturing, he told the crowd of over 100 at the...
UST to make gloves at reduced costs with trade authorization
BALTIMORE, Md.—United Safety Technologies' mission to bring domestically produced personal protective equipment and create supply chain resilience has received another vote of confidence from the U.S. government. UST, which is on track to open its nitrile glove...
Manufacturers, health organizations unite to address medical supply chain
Ochsner Health has teamed up with medical manufacturers and other healthcare organizations to address critical medical supply needs. The newly formed group, the American Medical Manufacturers Association (AMMA), includes Altor Safety, Aquaspersions USA, Blue...
Ochsner, supply companies form medical manufacturers group
Click here to read the article New Orleans-based Ochsner Health and its supply company, SafeSource Direct, teamed up with seven U.S.-based medical device manufacturers to form the American Medical Manufacturers Association. The newly formed group aims...