Vacant Facility Now Pivotal in COVID Battle
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By Pete Malikowski
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n Monday, April 19, 2020, Cianbro received a call from Puritan Medical Products requesting help. The medical products manufacturer was in desperate need of expanding their current production beyond their Guilford, Maine facility, which had been operating nonstop throughout 2020. Puritan Medical Products is one of two major manufacturers in the world that produce swabs for medical diagnostic purposes on the front-line in the battle against COVID-19, as well as other infectious diseases such as the flu. Puritan had been challenged to develop a plan to double production to 20 million swabs per month at a new facility by July 1. Cianbro immediately sent a team to Guilford to discuss our willingness to help. Cianbro had recently hired team member Paul Dube, a longtime Puritan employee to be our facilities manager. His 4
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