Posted Apr 09, 2020
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.
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.
