# Freudenberg partners with NC State to produce face masks

Freudenberg Performance Materials partnered with the Nonwovens Institute at North Carolina State University to manufacture face masks, including earloop procedure and N95 masks, with capacity of over one million masks per month. Freudenberg is also installing six additional production lines and adding 50 new jobs.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2020-07-28
- Where: Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Jobs: 50
- Status: announced
- Capacity: over one million masks per month
- Products: earloop procedure masks, N95 masks
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Freudenberg Performance Materials](https://endata.com/companies/15549.md)
- [North Carolina State University](https://endata.com/companies/24362.md) (partner)
- [Nonwovens Institute at North Carolina State University](https://endata.com/companies/49100.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/nonwovens-technical-textiles/2020/07/freudenberg-partners-with-north-carolina-state-university-to-supply-face-masks-to-universities-and-hospitals/), 2020-07-28: "By partnering with Freudenberg, we will ensure the reliable completion of millions of protective face coverings to battle the coronavirus using NWI's novel filter media"
- [textiletechsource.com](https://textiletechsource.com/2020/08/07/freudenberg-partners-with-nc-state-to-supply-face-masks/), 2020-08-07: "As the leader in the development of the next generation of nonwovens, we knew we could step in and help fill this critical need."

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