personal protective equipment (PPE)
US Textile Industry Unites to Produce PPE for the Front Lines
The industry is playing a critical role in the nation's manufacturing strategy and solutions to battle…
Apparel Manufacturing Takes on COVID-19 With New Products and Materials
Chargeurs and Delta Galil have both developed new products to help assist frontline workers in the fight…
Brands Adapt to the Virus Economy—Here’s How They’re Finding a Way Forward
Brands from Rhone to Western Rise to Goodlife Clothing revealed their strategies for navigating, and coping…
Nike Puts Supply Chain to Work Making Protective Gear for Oregon Hospitals
Nike worked with the Oregon Health and Science University to produce personal protective equipment using its…
Hanesbrands Slashes Exec Pay, Furloughs Workers While Scrambling on 320M Masks
The company has temporarily idled the majority of its production operations with the exception of face mask…
UPS Manages 25 Flights for FEMA’s Virus-Fighting ‘Project Airbridge’
The 25 UPS-managed flights will carry 3 million pounds of cargo, including masks, surgical gowns, gloves…
Amazon’s Contingency Plans: Pushing Prime Day, Offering Warehouse PPE, Slamming Sellers
The biggest shopping holiday of the year is being postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak—and it's not…
Private Industry Pitching In to Produce PPE to Augment Government Supplies
In some cases, efforts are being made to augment the federal response, while others are filling in where the…
Levi’s Pledges $3 Million and 10,000 Masks for Coronavirus Relief
Levis Strauss & Co. has pledged $3 million and 10,000 masks to help employees, hospitals and its supply chain…
Medical Fabrics Firms in Heart of Key Supply Chain Battling Coronavirus
Burlington Barrier Fabrics has increased production of its Maxima Medical Barrier collection in response to…
Superfeet Cranks Out 30,000 PPE Masks in 3D-Printing Facility
Superfeet and two partners teamed up to manufacture the personal protective equipment that pandemic-fighting…
Apparel Industry Acts to Combat Coronavirus Outbreak
Ralph Lauren, LVMH, Gap, Inditex and more are fighting back against COVID-19.
Fashion Factories Find New Ways to Retrofit for Protective Gear Production
Fashion companies continue to retrofit factories and innovate their supply chains to help out in the need for…
Gerber Assembles PPE Task Force to Accelerate Production of Pandemic Supplies
Gerber's PPE Resource Team offers advice, best practices and technology to produce types of masks, protective…
Fashion and Textiles Pivot to Produce Medical-Grade Face Masks
America is reinvigorating its domestic textile supply chain in the name of beating back the pandemic, and…