Puritan hiring hundreds of workers to manufacture COVID-19 swabs

URLhttps://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/healt
SourceNewscenter Maine
Date Published01/13/2021
Mentions specific company case(s) of reshoring, kept from offshoring, or transplantYes

Additional Reshoring Information:

Company/Division name Puritan Medical Products
Type of work Manufacturing
Reshoring category:Reshoring
Total number of jobs (added or to be added):600
Year reshoring announced:2020
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented:2021
Domestically, the work will be done:In-house
City reshored to:Pittsfield
State(s) reshored to:ME
If relevant, work nearshored to:-
Industry(ies):Medical Equipment & Supplies
Product(s) reshoredCOVID testing swabs
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive?Supply chain interruption risk/Natural disaster risk/Political instability
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive?Government Incentives, covid-19, essential product supply
Government Incentive dollar amount:contract
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