Apr 30, 2020NEW FACILITYMaine, United States Puritan Medical Products to build new swab manufacturing facility in Maine with $75.5M funding
Puritan Medical Products, in partnership with Cianbro and Bath Iron Works, will convert a 95,000-square-foot warehouse into a manufacturing facility to double production of COVID-19 testing swabs to 40 million per month. The project is funded by $75.5 million from the CARES Act and will create 150 jobs.
Starts operating
1 Jul 2020
Capacity
20 million additional swabs per month
ProductsCOVID-19 testing swabs
“Puritan was awarded $75.5 million through the CARES Act, which included $1 billion for the Defense Production Act in order to increase domestic production capacity for materials necessary to combat COVID-19.”newscentermaine.com
- 3 sources
- newscentermaine.com$75.5 million partnership will double production of coronavirus, COVID-19 testing swabs in Maine, create 150 jobs | newscentermaine.comErin Keller (NEWS CENTER MaineApr 30, 2020
- puritanmedproducts.comPuritan Medical Products to Double COVID-19 Swab Production with New Factory - Puritan Medical ProductsAllbeena Jean Rivera CruzMay 4, 2020
- prweb.comPuritan Medical Products to Double COVID-19 Swab Production with New FactoryPuritan Medical Products Co., LLCMay 12, 2020
Summarized from public sources; check the original articles before acting on it.