Company goes from mascots to masks

Digital printer Olympus Group normally turns out banners, signs and mascots, but now is making masks to protect against COVID-19.

Some local businesses air stepping upto help others in a pandemic.

OlympusGroup is a large format digitalprinting company that makes bannersigns and mascots.

But with sports onhold, the company has shifted gears tomake masks, specifically the faceshields hospital personnel wear toprotect themselves while treatingpatients.

Olympus is helping with theshortage of personal protectiveequipment, or P p ease.

We hear aboutsupplying shields two freighters andChildren's, among others.

It's just oneexample of how businesses are retoolingto meet the needs of the health caresystem during this Corona virus crisis.Thank you for your time today.

I'mAdrian Pettersson.

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