Bright View Technologies Creates Face Shields for COVID-19 Healthcare First Responders
March 31 2020 - 1:49PM
Business Wire
Bright View Technologies
(www.brightviewtechnologies.com), a subsidiary of Tredegar
Corporation (NYSE:TG), and a manufacturer of highly-advanced,
optical management products based in Durham, North Carolina, has
retooled its factory and is now producing disposable face shields
to protect healthcare professionals during the coronavirus crisis.
Bright View Technologies (“Bright View”) received its first order
from the State of North Carolina and is responding to numerous
other customer inquiries. With a “stay at home” order now in place
in North Carolina and limited staffing, Bright View is tailoring
the production of this Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to
enable independent contractors to assemble the face shields at
their homes.
Jennifer Aspell, President of Bright View, said, “Given our
company’s expertise in optical grade plastic films, we quickly
identified ways that we could contribute to fighting the pandemic
and worked with our sister company, Tredegar Personal Care, to
create the prototype in just five days. Bright View is adapting to
this challenging environment with flexibility, ingenuity and
resiliency in support of our business, and more importantly, our
families, friends and community.” Ms. Aspell added, “This is
uncharted territory, but I am proud of leading an organization that
can make a vital contribution to our community during this
crisis.”
Bright View is using crowdsourcing to attract personnel to
assemble the shields, with preference given to people who have been
impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, particularly those who now find
themselves unemployed. Bright View expects to add 25-30 independent
contractors within the next two weeks in order to meet demand for
its face shields. Mike Bobay, Director of Operations for Bright
View, stated, “We held a brainstorming session to develop an
assembly method that could maximize productivity while allowing
individuals to work at home. We’ve developed a process enabling
independent contractors to pick up a kit of materials for the face
shields, assemble the product at home, and return fully assembled
face shields to Bright View’s Durham facility where the shields
will undergo quality inspections.” This movement of materials will
minimize interaction of individuals by using curbside
pick-up/drop-off zones with no personal contact. To learn more
about the Bright Shield product, please contact
sales@brightviewtechnologies.com or visit
www.brightviewtechnologies.com.
About Bright View Technologies
Tredegar’s Bright View Technologies subsidiary designs and
manufactures a range of advanced film-based components that provide
specialized functionality for the global engineered optics market.
Located in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina,
Bright View combines polymer expertise and its patented
microstructure technology to produce high performance solutions for
a variety of applications such as consumer electronics, automotive,
lighting, horticulture, and other optical management markets.
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200331005753/en/
Tredegar Corporation Neill Bellamy Phone: 804/330-1211 E-mail:
neill.bellamy@tredegar.com Website: www.tredegar.com
Tredegar (NYSE:TG)
Historical Stock Chart
From Mar 2024 to Apr 2024
Tredegar (NYSE:TG)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2023 to Apr 2024