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Michigan’s Carhartt to spend much of April making medical gear

A nurse at a drive up COVID-19 coronavirus testing station, set up by the University of Washington Medical Center, talks to a person arriving to be tested as they sit in their car, Friday, March 13, 2020, in Seattle. UW Medicine is conducting drive-thru testing in a hospital parking garage and has screened hundreds of staff members, faculty and trainees for the COVID-19 coronavirus. U.S. hospitals are setting up triage tents, calling doctors out of retirement, guarding their supplies of face masks and making plans to cancel elective surgery as they brace for an expected onslaught of coronavirus patients. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Michigan’s Carhartt company has decided to shift their production efforts to making masks and gowns for hospitals in need during the pandemic effort.

The company plans to produce 2.5 million masks and 50,000 gowns during the month of April.

In the last few weeks the popular work clothing company temporarily closed all of their company-owned stores and began rotating paid work schedules to encourage social distancing. In the interest of employee safety they’ve instituted similar measures at their manufacturing facilities.

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David March 31, 2020 at 2:23 pm

If I trusted anyone to put out quality products, Carhartt would be at the top of the list. Good for them!!

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