# 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.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-04-30
- Where: Maine, United States
- Value: $75.5M
- Jobs: 150
- Starts operating: 1 Jul 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 20 million additional swabs per month
- Products: COVID-19 testing swabs
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Puritan Medical Products](https://endata.com/companies/46918.md)
- [Bath Iron Works](https://endata.com/companies/24787.md) (partner)
- [Cianbro](https://endata.com/companies/46919.md) (partner)
- [Antron Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/46978.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [newscentermaine.com](https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/755-million-partnership-will-double-production-of-coronavirus-covid-19-testing-swabs-in-maine-create-150-jobs/97-23b0fcfe-dd01-4cd3-9e35-d61c68e6fdee), 2020-04-30: "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."
- [puritanmedproducts.com](https://www.puritanmedproducts.com/blogs/news/puritan-medical-products-to-double-covid-19-swab-production-with-new-factory), 2020-05-04: "We are proud to join the federal government in helping to ensure that every American has access to quality testing supplies."
- [prweb.com](https://www.prweb.com/releases/puritan-medical-products-to-double-covid-19-swab-production-with-new-factory-849026471.html), 2020-05-12: "Puritan Medical Products is opening a new facility in Pittsfield, ME. This second plant will allow the company to produce an additional 20 to 40 million swabs per month."

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