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CMD will be Reincorporated into
CTS
Renfro Estimates
the Sock Market at $50 Billion or Less Than 25%
of the Mask Market
Hanes Surgical Mask Receives FDA Authorization
Highly Efficient Masks Greatly Increase
In-Flight Safety. Ahlstrom- Munksjö's Cellulose Based Media Used as Coverstock for Civil Face Masks
Magnum Health and Safety Produces 1.5 Million
Masks per Day for India and Export
Venus Safety and
Health is an Indian Manufacturer Focusing on
Respirators for Industrial Hygiene
Novel Metric can be Used to Make Complex Mask
Decisions
Premier Urges Congress to Provide Tax Incentives
for U.S. PPE
NTU Opposes
the US. Made Act
Supply Chain Security, Customer Service and
Quality are Reasons to Buy From Premium PPE
Ten Million Fake Masks Seized by Federal Agents
in Last Few Weeks
AAFA Members Have a Big Decision to Make GS Medical Produces Masks in North Carolina
Tight Fit More Important Than a Second Mask to
Prevent COVID-19 Spread
Mask Decisions will be Shaped by
in a Multi-Step Process
Mask Use to Continue After the
Pandemic
Expanding the Amount of Filter
Area with
Origami Designs
ICS will have an ASTM F3502 /
Seal Mark
Premium PPE Makes 30 Million Masks per Month
Concentrated Contamination Capture is the Route
to Cost Effectiveness
ICS is Active in Europe as Well as the U.S. with
Certification Services
JABIL Delivering Three Ply Surgical Masks from
Memphis Facility
American Surgical Mask Producing Up to 150,000
Surgical Masks per Day Lanaco is and is Not Sheepish About Their Filters
Markets for Air Filters, Controls and Masks Changing Rapidly
New ASTM Standards to be Discussed on March 2
INDA Webinar Lydall Urges Consumers to Buy ASTM-Certified and Buy American-Made
Mask Strategy with the Most Advantages for the
U.S.
Tighter Fitting Surgical Mask, Brace, N95 or
CATER
ASTM Mask Standard
has Now Been Published Fit, Comfort, and
Attractiveness Need to be Evaluated
Qualitatively
The Pandemic Could Last Seven Years According to
Bloomberg
Mask and Media Suppliers Need an Assured Third
World Market
3M
Producing Six Million Masks per Day
Honeywell can Produce 2.7 Million N95 Masks per
Day
Berry has Expanded Its Meltblown Production
Around the World
Ahlstrom Supplies Media and Components For Masks
Medline Expanding Procedure Mask Production to 1
Million/Day
Lydall will have the Largest Meltblown
Filtration Media Facility in the U.S.
Four Cases of
COVID in Oregon Involve People Who
Received the Vaccine
Mask Interior Humidity can be Important but it
is a Function of Fit
Immunity May Last Less Than a Year After
Infection or Vaccination
Milken Mask is Reusable and Eliminates Mask
Surface Transmission
ALG Health Opening a Second Mask Facility
Administration to Lean on Medical Supply
Companies to Include Masks from Small
Manufacturers
ASTM Standards are a Good Starting Point Toward
More Effective Masks
President Biden Stresses Mask Use Until 2022
People have to be Viewed As Pollution Sources to
be Controlled by a Central System Bureau Veritas can Provide Safe Bubble Validation
CDC Releases Its School Guidance
Double Masking or Knotted Surgical Masks Reduce
Exposure 95%
Bona Fide Mask Expanding U.S. KN95 Distribution
German Chancellor Says, “We Have Lost Control of
This Thing.”
Armbrust American Expanding
Filter Inserts and Pediatric Masks
Mask Policies Need to be Revised
NXTNano Can Contribute Nanofiber Advantages
Armbrust American is Ready to Step Up with
Substantial Production Increases
TMS Can Increase Production by 16 Million per
Month
Shortage of N95 Masks for Medical Workers Still
Exists
ASTM Standard for Respiratory Fit will Encourage
Better Designs
SPG Tests Show That Flat Fold N95s Provided
Better Seal Than Cup Shaped
Eight Million Deaths Caused by Polluted Air Each
Year
Capability to Provide
Efficient Masks to all Americans
The Opportunity is Huge and Many
Lives will be Saved
Request from Eric Couch
for Submittal to OSHA
Capabilities of U.S. Mask Makers to Expand
Production
Breaking News in the Mask Webinar Today
Administration Considering Plan to Send Masks
Directly to American Households
Observed Face Mask Use
at Six Universities — United States,
September–November 2020
Safe Dining Program in Michigan
African COVID Cases Surge
Philadelphia Trying to Solve HVAC Challenge With
Fans
West Virginia County to Buy More Bipolar
Ionizers CDC Position on Bipolar Ionization is That it is Emerging Rather Than Proven
Three Step Mask Program Tomorrow will Show that
Masks are the Best Weapon to Combat COVID
Mask Efficiency will be as Important as Vaccine
Efficacy
Masks can be Made Available More Quickly Than
Vaccines
Important Findings on Mask use by PatientKnowhow
Two Percent Gap Can Cause Fifty Percent of the
Air to Circumvent the Media
Comfort Clip Designed to Provide Optimal Mask
Fit
Three Step Mask Strategy
Webinar Friday Feb 5 at 10:AM CST will Address a
Market Five Times Larger than the Present One The U.S. Tight Fitting Mask Market is Five Times Higher Than the Present One
TAIJI Medical Supplies Single-Use Face Masks
Designed to be Protective and Comfortable
Behind the KandyMask Micro Filter System
Mask Shortages Continue for Medical Workers
Step Three in the Three Step Mask Strategy
Webinar Friday, Feb 5 at 10:AM CST
Should the Mask Program
be Pursued Separately or as Part of Safe
Bubbles?
Everyone Should Wear Efficient Tight Fitting
Masks According to Allen and Others
HCA Healthcare and A Plus Partner to Manufacture
Masks in the U.S.
China Continues to be Major Supplier of Masks To
the U.S.
Combining SARS Testing with Droplet Analysis
PM Levels are Four Times Higher Than Guidelines
in the Largest Cities
Step Two in the Three Step Mask Strategy Webinar
Friday Feb 5 at 10:AM CST
ISO is Also a Potential Resource in the Safe
Bubble Certification
SGS Galson Teams with SafeTraces to Supplement
PM with Aerosol Monitoring and Analysis
Certifying Relative Risk Reduction for a Safe
Bubble
Underwriters Laboratory Provides Mask Testing in
100 Countries
CDC Now Requires Masks on All Forms of Public
Transportation
Wyndham Grand Manana is SGS Certified
Clean & SAFE Protocol is a Certification Program
by SGS and HRS
Eurofins Tests and Certifies EU Community Masks
with Results Published on the Mask Package
Three Step Mask Strategy Webinar Friday Feb 5 at
10:AM CST RDI Medical has High Speed Mask Making Machinery
China Reports COVID Outbreak At Chicken
Processing Plant
Three
Step Mask Strategy Webinar Friday Feb 5 at 10:AM
CST
CBS News Also Now
Reporting Need for More Efficient Masks
Washington Post Says the Mask Message is
Confused
MERV 13 is the New Minimum Normal
Clean Air Curtain with HEPA Filter for Focused
Air Cleanliness
Virus Contacts:
Agencies and Organizations
A Three-Step Strategy to Support
the New U.S. Mask Mandate
Let’s Organize a Webinar Around This Three Step Mask
Strategy
World Economy Could be Slowed by Lack of
Vaccines in Emerging Countries
Expert Cites Challenges in Vaccinating Poorer
Countries
Jiangsu Blue Sky is Supplying Three Layer FFP
2 Masks
Nanofiber Swabs are Better for Measuring COVID
CNN Perspective
on the New ASTM Standards
HVAC, Fan Filter Units, Air Purifiers and Safe
Bubbles
Huge High Efficiency Mask Market
Mask Webinar Contained Lots of Discussion but
not Much Disagreement
Air Monitoring, Mask Quality Control, and Air
Filtration are the Major “Pull”
Tools
Essential Braces for Senior Citizens Now with Voucher
Program
Respo Mask has N99 Filter
More European Countries Mandating FFP 2 Masks
Experts Tell CNN that Four Weeks With Everyone in N95
Masks Would End the Pandemic
South Korean KF94
Masks are Close to N95 in Performance
Sticker on the
Mask Would Detect The Presence of COVID
N95 Masks are Available
Why Haven’t Masks Always Been an Air Pollution
Control Tool?
Five Step Approach Needed to Insure Tight
Fitting and Efficient Masks for Everyone Honeywell Delivered 225 Million Face Masks in December
Too Polymer Supplies Melt Blown Fabrics
Double Masking is Recommended as a Major Step
Forward but Dances Around the Problem
Evaluation of Popular Masks
Mask Webinar Contained Lots of Discussion but
not Much Disagreement More Efficient and Comfortable Masks Needed for Everyone says Brigham and Women’s MD Biden Mask Mandate Expands Beyond Federal Property to Public Transportation France Advises Against Wearing Cloth Masks
McIlvaine Provides
Guidance for Mask, Media, and Service Companies
Lemu Group has New Mask Making Machine Design
Australia Distributed Defective Masks
Webinar Agenda for Tomorrow
Speed is the Basis for the Webinar Tomorrow
A Push-Pull Program will Provide the Speed and
Efficacy
Validation of Fitted Mask Efficiency Still will
be Needed
Five Step Approach Needed
Eurofins has a Tested Quality Seal for Community
Masks
ATI Supplies Both Mask PFE and Resistance
Testers
Ambrust American Expands Meltblown Capacity
Join Us on Thursday to Debate the
Mask Issues
Media Supply will be Substantial
According to Dave Rousse
Mobile Device to Insure Selection of the Mask
with the Right Fit
Leveraging
ASTM Label Initiative for Efficient Public Masks
Breathing Resistance, Filtration Efficiency and
Media Area
FFP 2 Masks Now Required in Retail Stores and
Public Transport in Austria and Germany
FFP 2 is Close to N95 in
Performance
NC State Working on Reliable Ways to Test Mask
Effectiveness Everyone in Singapore Wears Efficient Masks Why Not in the U.S. and ROW?
Mask Webinar on Thursday will be Part of a
Decision Guide for Immediate Action on Effective
Masks
Mask Regulation Challenge Similar to That for
Automobile
Safety
but in Weeks not Decades
Sufficient Essential Braces can be Supplied to
Meet Needs
Jabil is Capable of Producing Large Numbers of
Masks
Quick Fit Testing Methods are Needed- How About
Thermal Imaging?
Some Thermal Imagers Already Recognize Face
Masks
Thermal Imaging of Mask Leakage During
Pressure-Controlled Ventilation (BIPAP Therapy)
Measurement of Facial Temperatures is Another
Approach
Evaluation of Popular Masks
Biden Mask Mandate Debate Next Thursday - Join
the Discussion
Biden Mask Mandate can Save Lives but Mask
Efficiency is the Dominant Factor
Biden Unveils Coronavirus Plan Including $30
billion for PPE and $130 billion for Schools
Double Masking Better Than One Loose Fitting
Mask
Public Version of Powered Respirator Now
Available
Razer Develops a Cyberpunk Aesthetic with Smart Mask
Concept
Coronavirus Likely to be Around Forever
South African Strain Could Pose a Threat to
Antibody Treatments
World Death Rate Accelerating
Extending the Life
of Surgical and N95 Masks
Anti-microbials
can Eliminate Cleaning and Damage to Masks
Nexera Guardian FFP 2 Mask Lasts Fourteen Days and Costs
$10 Dollars
The Pandemic Could be Over in Weeks with High
Efficiency Masks
Eliminate COVID Now with Tight Fitting,
Efficient Masks
Details on Mask Options are Available from Fix
the Mask
Essential Mask Brace is Effective and
Inexpensive
High-Filtration
(Hi-Fi) Masks Identified by Patient Knowhow
Off-the-shelf Hi-Fi Masks Listed by Fit the
Mask
Combining the Essential Brace with Acteev Anti-microbials
Biden to Release Nearly All
Available Vaccine Doses
Failure to Distinguish Between Good and Bad Masks
Continues to be the Greatest COVID Failure Boston Doctors Call for National High Efficiency Mask Distribution Program to Prevent COVID-19 Spread
Clean Bubbles are the Short Term
COVID Solution
Masks will Steadily Reduce Risk
Essential Role of Mask Suppliers
Contagious Variant Spreading
California Requires
Face Masks in All Businesses
$240 Billion Mask
Market
Freudenberg Offers a
Type II Medical Mask with Nose Clip for
Individual Adjustment
Medicevo Graphene Face Mask is
Reusable for 15 Days
MHI Now Offers Four Layer Face Masks
Safe Bubble
Initiative can be Widely Implemented in Second
Quarter
Combination of CATER and Upgraded
Disposable Masks Supplied Initially
Lots of Sealing Options
Determining Mask Fit and the Amount of
Unfiltered Air
Standard Masks Result in Twice the Leakage When Worn by Women An Inefficient Mask can be Worse Than No Mask
Vaccines are not a Short Term Solution so We
Need the Safe Bubble Initiative
New Methods are Needed
to Assure a Tight Fit on Every Mask Worn
in Public
Suppliers of Disposable Masks are Focused on
Increasing Production and Not Necessarily
Holistic Solutions
Important New Findings on Performance
Differences Between Masks
N95 Tested at 98% FFE
U of I Mask Research Focuses on Mask Fit as
Well as Breathability
Virus Transmitted
Over 20 Feet in Less than Five Minutes
Wellness Fellows Builds Mask Lines in ISO 7
Cleanroom
Sonovia is Launching its Face Masks in the UK
Iris Ohyama Making 23 Million Masks per Month
JP Air Tech Produces 4.5 Million Square Meters
of F9 Media/Month
India Lax on Masks and Expecting
a Second Wave of the Virus
Universities Around the World are Coping with
the Virus
Monitoring Mask Wearing with “Mask Cams”
Holistic Plan to Battle
COVID Now
TE Mask Bubbles are the Best
Weapon to Defeat COVID
Open Schools Now
The Pandemic is Like a Football
Game Where the Head Covering is a Life and Death
Decision
CATER 95 Mask Suppliers Have a Responsibility to Provide Fit
Testing Advice
Hong Kong Masks
Performance Evaluated
CATER 95 Masks can
Save Many Lives in the Next Nine Months
Can Camfil be a
Producer of CATER 95 Masks to Meet the Huge
Need?
Armbrust American
Receives ASTM Level 3 Rating for Its Masks New COVID Bill Includes Funds to Improve School Ventilation
Immediate Opening of the Economy with CATER 95
Masks
Here are Some of the Many Fit Testing Companies
More Transmissible Virus Found in UK,
EU and SA
The Foundation of COVID Mitigation Strategy
Should be Mask Effectiveness
Cummins is Making Masks with Uniquely Charged
Meltblowns
Mask Supplier Guidance Program Focuses on $60
billion Opportunity
WFI Covered Mask Selection and Filter Testing
Today
Courtesy Protective Masks for Colds is a Huge
CATER Market
Mann + Hummel Air Purifiers are Suitable for
Rooms Up to 200 m2
Study Proves Effectiveness of Mobile Air
Purifiers
Filti Introduces Home Air Purifier
Holistic and Timely Use of Filtration Resources
Needed to Fight COVID
Face Masks will be the Focus on Wednesday at the
WFI Conference
Researchers at King Abdullah University Develop
Membrane for Face Masks
TTG has Efficient Membrane Media for Masks
ePTFE Membranes - Application in High-End Face
Masks
DHA Uses Same Media for Masks and Gas Turbine
Inlet Filters
TEFM Provides ePFTE Membranes for Masks
Membranes for Mask Supplied by Cobetter
BYU Develops Nanofiber Mask Nanofiber Media Reduces Face Mask Resistance
Here is the Largest Emergency Room
SGS Provides Guide to Public Mask Regulations
CATER Mask Requirements
Qualitative Fit Testing for Every Facility
French Barrier Mask Requirements were
Established in April
NC State Working on Procedures for Cloth Mask
Testing Washington Post Funds Infra-Red Camera Analysis of Virus Exhalation
Clarification on CDC ASTM
Relationship
Construction Industry is a Long Term CATER Mask Purchaser
A Guide to
Respirators Used for Dust in Construction
Created by NIOSH
Purar Mask Inward Leakage is Less
Than 2%
China Revised
Respirator Standard on July 1, 2020
SGS Provides
Mask Testing Services
SGS Provides Summary
of French Stipulations for Clear Masks
ASTM Base
Efficiency Requirement can be Combined With More
Efficient Masks to Greatly Reduce COVID
Transmission
ASTM Working
with CDC on a Minimum 20% Efficiency Mask
Are Nanofiber Media Masks More Comfortable?
Masks
will be Needed to Cope with PM from Road Traffic
Tire Wear
Purar Offers Reusable Mask With Unique Features
Don’t Confuse Medical with
Public Health Guidance
Mask
Evaluation System Needed for Very Effective
Masks
ASTM to
Propose Two Efficiency Ratings for Public Masks
and Voluntary Fit Testing
ISEA is Proposing Revisions
to PPE Conformity Assessment
Total Inward Leakage Testing for Respirators
Urgent Need to Evaluate Face Mask
Effectiveness
Saving Lives is a
Function of Face Mask Effectiveness
Particle Size is Important but
not Completely Quantifiable
A Tight Fit is Just as Important as Media Filter
Efficiency
Determining Mask Fit and the
Amount of Unfiltered Air
Standard Masks Result in Twice the Leakage When
Worn by Women
Expansion of CATER Mask Production is of Highest
Priority
Cleanrooms for Mask Production
New Mask Cleanroom in Wales
ANI Constructs Pilot Plant in Kansas Elastic Cord Replacing Bands for Masks
Healththing Canada
Compares Effectiveness of Mask
Porous Materials Provides
Instruments to Analyze Nanofiber Non Wovens
Nonwovens Institute Receives Grant to Improve
Properties of Mask Materials Triumvirate Environmental Provides Fit-Testing and Respiratory Protection Expertise
SWM Expanding Electrostatic Media Production in
NC
Vogmask has Spent Nine Years to Achieve Maximum
Comfort, Attractiveness, Tight Fit and
Efficiency of Its Masks
California Wild Fires Can Do Lasting Damage to
Health of Children
Membrane Media Used in Mask Developed at
University of Kentucky New Replaceable Membrane Filter for N95 Masks Developed in Saudi Arabia
Quantitative Fit Tests are Needed
Meat Processors Not Using CATE
Masks
CATE Masks Needed at
Nursing Homes Now
Millions of Lives Saved with Intelligent Mask
Program
Millions of Lives at Risk
Billions of Masks Needed to Achieve Herd
Immunity
Electrospun Nanofibers Available for CATE Masks
Dipole Providing Nanofiber Media for Military
Protection
Dipole Teaming with Gemstone Bio on Nanofiber Media for
Masks
Bionicia Supplies Electrospinning Equipment and Does
Contract Manufacturing
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