Two WI companies to produce vital medical masks

Channel 6 is reporting the best coronavirus-related story I've seen in a long time about Wisconsin 


people and businesses stepping up:

Oak Creek’s Eder Flag teams up with Janesville’s Monterey Mills to manufacture needed respirator masks

OAK CREEK — Two Wisconsin companies 90 miles apart have come together to manufacture needed respirator masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic — Oak Creek’s Eder Flag, and Janesville’s Monterey Mills.

Monterey Mills is the largest textile mill of its kind in North America, and supplier of knitted pile fabric used in a variety of medical and air-filtration products...Eder Flag is...converting part of its flag-sewing operations to produce the barrier masks...

An initial supply of 20,000 barrier masks will be supplied to the health system. The City of Milwaukee Health Department also requested 2,500 masks, which will be donated....

Organizations interested in ordering the masks should call 877-BLANKET (877-252-6538) or CLICK HERE for more information. Priority will be given to healthcare professionals, government agencies and professional services.