Personal Protective Equipment news and trends

Deep Dive: How Manufacturers Are Transitioning To Counter PPE Shortages
B2B Payments // June 17, 2020

Fighting a pandemic takes clear communication, strategic organization and responsive action. It also requires supplies, which has been a major worldwide stumbling block. The U.S. has been scrambling to secure enough face masks, goggles, plastic gowns and other personal protective equipment (PPE) to keep frontline...

From T-Shirts To Face Masks: How Hanes Rallied Against A Global PPE Shortage
B2B Payments // June 16, 2020

Clothing brand Hanes jumped from producing T-shirts to fighting the global personal protective equipment (PPE) shortage by manufacturing 200 million face coverings and counting. But transitioning production required leveraging local supply chains and restarting shuttered factories, says Vice President Matt Hall. In the PPE Supply...

Las Vegas Installs PPE Vending In Airport’s Terminals
Retail // May 20, 2020

As the world learns to live with pandemic-necessitated safety measures, Las Vegas has introduced a vending machine that dispenses face masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE), according to Time Out. The machines have been placed in the McCarran International Airport. The airline industry, trying...

Citi: Healing Broken PPE Supply Chains With Streamlined Cross Border Payments
B2B Payments // May 13, 2020

While the pandemic has created unique circumstances of immeasurable strain and pressure on the global market, it’s also emboldened many to rise to the occasion and ensure business continues to flow with as little disruption as possible. Preserving trade flows of particular importance in the...

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Citi: Healing Broken PPE Supply Chains With Streamlined Cross Border Payments

May 13, 2020
While the pandemic has created unique circumstances of immeasurable strain and pressure on the global market, it’s also emboldened many to rise to the occasion and ensure business continues to flow with as little disruption as possible. Preserving trade flows of particular importance in the healthcare sector today, with cross-border B2B payments essential to this […]

Filling The Medical Equipment Gap With The Power Of 3D Printing

April 03, 2020
Among the many factors aggravating the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. is an equipment shortage affecting nearly all corners of the United States — particularly when it comes to the...

How Neiman Marcus Got Into The Medical Mask-Making Business

April 01, 2020
How can I help? It is the question that millions of Americans have been asking themselves for the last few weeks, as COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, has...

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Las Vegas Installs PPE Vending In Airport’s Terminals

May 20, 2020
As the world learns to live with pandemic-necessitated safety measures, Las Vegas has introduced a vending machine that dispenses face masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE), according to Time Out. The machines have been placed in the McCarran International Airport. The airline industry, trying to recover from the effects of the pandemic, is taking […]