# Johns Manville starts production of nonwoven media for face masks

Johns Manville's plant in Richland, Mississippi, started production of nonwoven filtration media for face masks to help stop the spread of COVID-19. The media meets Level 1 BFE 95% and VFE requirements.

- Type: Product launch
- Announced: 2020-04-20
- Where: Richland, Mississippi, United States
- Status: completed
- Products: nonwoven filtration media, meltblown filtration media
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Johns Manville](https://endata.com/companies/15550.md)

## Sources

- [businesswire.com](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200420005611/en/Johns-Manville-Starts-Production-of-Nonwoven-Media-for-Face-Masks), 2020-04-20: "Johns Manville is in a unique position to serve a market that is fulfilling a great need across the world."
- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/nonwovens-technical-textiles/2020/05/johns-manville-starts-production-of-nonwoven-fabric-for-medical-gowns/), 2020-05-20: "The Johns Manville plant in Spartanburg, S.C., started production this month to make nonwoven fabric that will be used for manufacturing of urgently needed disposable medical gowns."
- [scbiz.com](https://scbiz.com/spartanburg-textile-plant-answers-need-for-medical-gowns/), 2020-05-21: "There is a desperate need in North America and in Europe for medical gowns."

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