Southmedic increasing mask and shield production
Southmedic is a Barrie, Ontario-based medical device manufacturer that distributes to more than 80 countries around the world.
The government of Ontario is providing $1.8 million to help the company reengineer and retool its current production and purchase new moulding equipment.
With this new equipment, the company will double its output of oxygen masks, triple its output of ETCO2 masks, which are specialty masks used to monitor breathing prior to ventilator use, and quadruple its output of eye and face shields to help meet the province’s need for PPE. The funding will also allow the company to reorganize its production facility to allow for physical distancing.