Lydall Awarded $13.5M Contract by U.S. Department of Defense to Support American-Made Face Mask Production
June 30 2020 - 8:00AM
Lydall, Inc. (NYSE: LDL), a leading U.S. manufacturer of
value-added engineered materials and specialty filtration solutions
that create a cleaner, safer and quieter world, today announced the
signing of a $13.5 million contract award with the United States
Department of Defense (DOD). The contract will support Lydall’s
investment in two new meltblown production lines – including one
that had been announced on June 2 – in its Rochester, New Hampshire
facility. This investment will significantly accelerate Lydall’s
domestic production of meltblown filtration media that comprises
the critical filtration layer of N95 respirators and surgical
masks. By May 2021, Lydall will increase its capacity of meltblown
filtration media to support the monthly domestic production of 140
million N95 respirators or 540 million surgical masks, and of
high-performing air filtration media to improve air quality in
indoor spaces.
“Face masks are the ‘armor’ that protects Americans
from contracting COVID-19. As with the equipment the U.S. military
provides our soldiers, our face masks, and the filtration media
inside, must be highly engineered, backed by science and adhere to
the rigorous standards of the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH), a division of the CDC,” said Sara A.
Greenstein, President & CEO of Lydall. “We are incredibly
thankful to the U.S. government for recognizing the importance of
accelerating domestic production of N95 and surgical face masks and
providing the grant we need to do just that. We also want to
congratulate the state of New Hampshire and the city of Rochester
on this investment and are grateful for their collaboration and
partnership. Together, we are supporting domestic supply chains,
creating American jobs and contributing to the fight against
COVID-19.”
With the installation of these two new production
lines, Lydall’s New Hampshire facility will be the largest site for
meltblown filtration media production in the United States and a
center of excellence for advanced filtration media innovation. To
support the wider need for improved air quality beyond COVID-19,
Lydall’s innovation team is focused on developing new carbon-based,
high-efficiency media for MERV-, HEPA- and ULPA-grade filters for
hospitals, airplanes, restaurants, office buildings and other
public spaces. Lydall expects to generate new jobs to support the
increase in production.
“As a market leader in specialty filtration
solutions for nearly 100 years, we are proud to bring the full
extent of our deep manufacturing expertise, assets and people to
bear in the production of personal protective equipment for our
first responders, medical professionals, military personnel and the
general public,” Ms. Greenstein added. “We have done everything
within our capacity to ramp up our production of filtration media
for N95 respirators and surgical face masks. With the support of
the U.S. government, we will increase production even further.”
This contract award is a product of the ongoing
collaboration between the Department of Defense and the Department
of Health and Human Services, led by the Department’s Joint
Acquisition Task Force and funded through the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
For more information on Lydall’s COVID-19-related
products, visit https://lydall.com/covid-19-relief-effort.
About Lydall, Inc.Headquartered in
Manchester, Connecticut with global manufacturing operations,
Lydall delivers value-added engineered materials and specialty
filtration solutions that promote a cleaner, quieter and safer
world. We partner with our customers to develop bespoke,
high-performing and efficient solutions that are adaptable and
scalable to meet their needs. Lydall is a New York Stock
Exchange-listed company. For more information, visit
http://www.lydall.com. Lydall® is a registered trademark of
Lydall, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
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