# Puritan Medical Products to open second new factory in Pittsfield

Puritan Medical Products will open a new manufacturing facility in Pittsfield, Maine, to produce flocked swabs for COVID-19 testing, funded with $51.2 million from the CARES Act. The facility is expected to employ 200 workers and produce 50 million swabs per month.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-10-13
- Where: Pittsfield, Maine, United States
- Value: $51.2M
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: 1 Jan 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 50 million swabs per month
- Products: flocked swabs for COVID-19 testing
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Puritan Medical Products](https://endata.com/companies/46918.md)

## Sources

- [mainepublic.org](https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2020-10-13/covid-19-swab-maker-will-open-2nd-new-factory-in-pittsfield), 2020-10-13: "Puritan Medical Products announced Monday that its plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Pittsfield where it will produce flocked swabs used in COVID-19 testing."

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