Manufacturers scramble to find raw materials amid “desperate” shortage of PPE

Christopher Reynolds | CTV News, The Canadian Press | Published Sunday, May 24, 2020 10:59AM EDT

Each day, Jeremy Hedges strides the floor of his factory where more than 250 employees work from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. to churn out 200,000 plastic face shields.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, his company was a 10-person operation making robotics kits and other educational materials. Now, InkSmith has pivoted to manufacturing the protective devices and is scrambling to fill a growing backlog that includes a contract with the federal government for 10 million units. Two million more face shields are bound for health-care workers in Ontario.

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