--- title: Cleveland-Area Manufacturer In the News for COVID-19 Support description: Metalcraft Solutions, formally Acro, is among 19 Cleveland-area manufacturers helping make face shields to combat coronavirus. Read the full story from cleveland.com. image: https://www.metalcraftsolutions.com/hubfs/terry%20ellis%20todd%20ellwood%20producing%20headbands.png --- [![metalcraft-horizontal-logo](https://www.metalcraftsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/metalcraft-horizontal-logo.png?width=300&name=metalcraft-horizontal-logo.png "metalcraft-horizontal-logo")](https://www.metalcraftsolutions.com/?hsLang=en) ![newspapers copy](https://www.metalcraftsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/newspapers%20copy.jpg?width=1600&name=newspapers%20copy.jpg "newspapers copy") # Metalcraft Solutions Is Helping Produce a Million Face Shields for Workers ## Cleveland-area manufacturers among 19 companies helping make face shields to combat coronavirus *Posted Apr 09, 2020*   ![terry ellis todd ellwood producing headbands](https://www.metalcraftsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/terry%20ellis%20todd%20ellwood%20producing%20headbands.png?width=378&name=terry%20ellis%20todd%20ellwood%20producing%20headbands.png) CLEVELAND, Ohio – Terry Ellis, general manager of Acro Tool & Die in Akron, started reaching out last month via the internet in search of a mission his company could undertake to help combat the coronavirus pandemic. On March 31, Ellis received an answer in the form of an email from MAGNET. The Cleveland-based business consultant, inquired whether Acro’s 3-D printers could quickly create a mold insert needed to make injection molded headbands for medical face shields. A little more than a week later, Acro is one of 19 companies furiously engaged in a project led by MAGNET to produce up to one million face shields that frontline health-care workers in Ohio can wear over their surgical masks as they care for coronavirus patients. ### [Click here to read the full story at cleveland.com.](https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/04/cleveland-area-manufacturers-among-19-companies-helping-make-face-shields-to-combat-coronavirus.html)   ## Ohio manufacturers step up to make PPE *Posted Apr 14, 2020*   Listen to Metalcraft Solutions General Manager, Terry Ellis, and Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET) President & CEO, Ethan Karp, interview with 90.3 WCPN NPR discussing their roles in the making of the critical PPE during the coronavirus pandemic.  ### [Click here to listen to the NPR discussion. ](https://www.ideastream.org/programs/sound-of-ideas/ohio-manufacturers-step-up-to-make-ppe-lessons-from-the-1918-pandemic-take-out-tuesday) ## Get to Know Us As you can see, we do business differently. That’s because we believe in the same core values our founders did, generations ago. Want to learn more? [![SEE OUR STORY](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/6718296/8a1b670e-4dfd-47e2-9d40-2aa2851bf35e.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/6718296/8a1b670e-4dfd-47e2-9d40-2aa2851bf35e) [![metalcraftlogo-logo-white](https://www.metalcraftsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/metalcraftlogo-logo-white.png?width=400&name=metalcraftlogo-logo-white.png "metalcraftlogo-logo-white")](https://www.metalcraftsolutions.com/?hsLang=en) **[MATERIALS & CAPABILITIES](https://www.metalcraftsolutions.com/materials-and-capabilities?hsLang=en)** **[INDUSTRIES](https://www.metalcraftsolutions.com/industries?hsLang=en)** **[HOW WE WORK](https://www.metalcraftsolutions.com/how-we-work?hsLang=en)**   **[ABOUT](https://www.metalcraftsolutions.com/about?hsLang=en)** **[TEAM](https://www.metalcraftsolutions.com/team?hsLang=en)** **[COMMUNITY](https://www.metalcraftsolutions.com/community?hsLang=en)** **[CAREERS](https://www.metalcraftsolutions.com/careers?hsLang=en)**     **[CONTACT](https://www.metalcraftsolutions.com/contact?hsLang=en)** 325 Morgan Ave. Akron, Ohio 44311 330-773-5173