# US Cotton awarded $6.5M contract for polyester swab tips

The Biden Administration awarded a $6.5 million contract to U.S. Cotton LLC to increase domestic production of polyester tipped swabs for COVID-19 testing. The company will ramp up production capacity from 92 million to 371 million swab tips per month by May 2022.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-08-16
- Where: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Value: $6.50M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 371 million polyester swab tips per month
- Products: polyester tipped swabs
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [U.S. Department of Defense](https://endata.com/companies/4836.md) (customer)
- [U.S. Cotton](https://endata.com/companies/57114.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [textination.de](http://textination.de/en/news/archive?page=%2C180), 2021-08-16: "U.S. Cotton, based in Cleveland, Ohio, said the company will increase its production capacity from 92 million polyester swab tips per month to approximately 371 million polyester swab tips per month by May 2022 to support domestic CO"

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