Yarn spinners heed the call for material for protective masks

Charlotte Observer:

Amid warnings of an impending shortage of protective equipment for medical staff, a Gastonia-based textile company is organizing a national effort to ramp up production of face masks for healthcare workers.

Parkdale Mills Inc., one of the country’s largest yarn spinners, is working with companies like Hanesbrand, Fruit of the Loom, and six others to build a manufacturing supply chain for the masks, the National Council of Textile Organizations said in a press release.

The decision, according to NCTO, “heeds call of nation” to help.

While the companies are often competitors in the marketplace, they “are banding together for the greater good of a nation facing one if its most monumental challenges,” the statement said.
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While corporate America is stepping up in this crisis Democrats are working to punish them and their workers.  Other companies are still shut down in the crisis and may not be there to come back when needed because Democrats voted against relief for them.