Ohio firm focuses on making better masks in US

URLhttps://www.plasticsnews.com/news/ohio-firm-focuse
SourcePlastics News
Date Published02/16/2021
Mentions specific company case(s) of reshoring, kept from offshoring, or transplantYes

Additional Reshoring Information:

Company/Division name Cleveland PPE
Parent companyLEFCO Worthington LLC
Type of work Manufacturing
Reshoring category:Reshoring
Year reshoring announced:2020
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented:2021
Domestically, the work will be done:In-house
City reshored to:Cleveland
State(s) reshored to:OH
If relevant, work nearshored to:-
Industry(ies):Medical Equipment & Supplies
Product(s) reshoredN95-style masks, five-layer masks
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, Under-utilized capacity, Other, Covid-19
Government Incentive dollar amount:$290,000
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