A friend shared this blog post by Tom Bihn:
“We’re ready to help the efforts to protect our healthcare heroes by manufacturing surgical masks, N95 “mask covers” and potentially other Personal Protective Equipment here in our Seattle factory.
If you work in healthcare or government and are facilitating/organizing efforts to manufacture masks and other PPE, please feel free to contact us to see what we can make. Contact Nik Dukich (COO at TOM BIHN) via text or voice at 206-669-4330 or email masks@tombihn.com
Details:
- We can manufacture 10,000 / day of the mask pictured below; possible materials include cotton, cotton/poly, or “sterilization wrap”.
- Our factory is 16,000 square feet and is located in Seattle, Washington.
- We have 40+ industrial sewing machines and 30+ production employees.
- Our designers can collaborate with healthcare professionals to rapidly create and customize the design of this mask, mask covers, and potentially other PPE.
- Our factory is designed to be highly efficient; we can stack cut and die-cut fabric.
- We can ship countrywide and worldwide.
- We are a Certified B Corporation.”
The above mask was patterned by Kaas as part of the “1 Million Masks” effort. Source: Tom Bihn
I’ve read a lot about the history of World War II and this reminds me of the war time effort by U.S. manufacturing to supply the front line troops with weapons, gear and other essentials needed for victory. And of the millions of workers (mostly women) left behind that toiled away in factories to maintain production. RIP Naomi Parker Fraley.
Rosie the Riveter
As some of you know, Tom Bihn is a company that I’ve had dealings with in the past. We did reviews of their products very early on when I first started Loadedpocketz. Tom, Darcy and the rest of the Tom Bihn crew are great to deal with and are of high character. I would personally vouch for them without hesitation. They normally make high-end travel gear but are pivoting to help alleviate the shortage of masks and other supplies needed. Don’t hesitate to contact them if you’re sourcing supplies for a healthcare or government organization.
Stay Vigilent. Stay healthy and be safe.
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