Non-woven media produced for face masks

Non-woven media produced for face masks

The Johns Manville plant in Richland, Mississippi, has started making non-woven filtration media that will be used to create much-needed face masks to help stop the spread of Covid-19. “Our high performance non-woven material is designed to provide high levels of filtration for various types of face masks” Mary Rhinehart, President and CEO commented “and Johns Manville is in a unique position to serve a market that is fulfilling a great need across the world.

Most non-woven production of face masks was abandoned in the USA many years ago and was transferred to Asia.

Given the shortage of face masks in the USA and Europe, JM’s Engineered Products business decided to build on its existing capabilities and help fill the market demand. “Our high performance non-woven material is designed to provide high levels of filtration for various types of face masks” said John Vasuta, President of JM’s Engineered Products business.

JM media meets or exceeds Level 1 BFE 95% (Bacterial Filtration Efficiency) and VFE (Viral Filtration Efficiency) requirements. These results have been verified by an FDA-registered national laboratory.

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Published: 
24/04/2020

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