Year in Review 2020: Local manufacturers, mask makers meet the challenge
From Bedford Industries to Fey Industries, and people operating sewing machines across the region, area s healthcare workers get much needed protective equipment. 7:00 am, Dec. 29, 2020 ×
Bedford Industries began making more than 100,000 of these face shields each day, and it planned to distribute them across the country in an effort to ease the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Special to The Globe)
WORTHINGTON From cloth face masks to clear plastic face shields, area residents and some local manufacturers stepped up in a big way to help address the need for personal protective equipment at the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic.