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How 3M Uses Surge Capacity to Double Production of N95 Masks
Unlike many companies that have moved production to low-cost countries, it sources the materials near its assembly plants.
25 Mar 2020, 11:58 PM IST
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- Andrew Rehder, manager of 3M Co.’s respirator mask factory in Aberdeen, S.D., got the call from headquarters on Tuesday, Jan. 21. He gathered about 20 managers and supervisors into a conference room, where they sat, unworried, less than 6 feet apart. Rehder told them that a new virus was spreading rapidly in China and that 3M was expecting demand for protective gear to jump.
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