# Lydall receives $13.5 million DOD contract for meltblown expansion in NH

Lydall received a $13.5 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to support meltblown expansion in New Hampshire.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-06-19
- Where: New Hampshire, United States
- Value: $13.5M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: monthly production of 140 million N95 respirators or 540 million surgical masks
- Products: meltblown nonwovens
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Lydall](https://endata.com/companies/4860.md)
- [U.S. Department of Defense](https://endata.com/companies/4836.md) (customer)
- [Lydall](https://endata.com/companies/4860.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [je.st](http://www.je.st/news/Lydall-Receives-DOD-Contract,2557698.html), 2020-06-30: "$13.5 million awarded to support meltblown expansion in NH"
- [einpresswire.com](https://www.einpresswire.com/article/520647400/lydall-awarded-13-5m-contract-by-u-s-department-of-defense-to-support-american-made-face-mask-production), 2020-06-30: "Face masks are the 'armor' that protects Americans from contracting COVID-19."
- [war.gov](https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2245825/dod-awards-135-million-contract-to-lydall-inc-to-increase-domestic-production-o/), 2020-07-02: "The Department of Defense, in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services, signed a $13.5 million contract award with Lydall, Inc. to increase domestic capacity of meltblown filtration media."
- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/nonwovens-technical-textiles/2020/07/lydall-signs-13-5-million-contract-award-with-dod/), 2020-07-23: "Lydall Inc., Manchester, Conn., has signed a $13.5 million contract award with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) that will support the company’s investment in two new production lines for meltblown nonwovens at its Rochester, N.H., facility."

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