(Reuters) – A U.S. judge’s ruling this week that the Biden administration’s mask mandate for public transportation was unlawful dealt another blow to an industry that built dozens of small U.S. mask ...

The dozens of startups that increased domestic mask production at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic are struggling to stay afloat days after the federal mask mandate for transportation was lifted.

"Christmas is over. So now the backup starts," said Lloyd Armbrust, president of The American Mask Manufacturer's Association.VIRGINIE LEFOUR/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images High demand for disposable ...

Fueled by a $500,000 state grant and an ongoing national need, a Vandalia manufacturer is celebrating recent sales of a newly developed face mask. The need for personal face masks and coverings became ...

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Since the early days of Covid-19, we’ve heard lots of inspiring stories about businesses, especially manufacturers, stepping up to provide critical supplies. What we’ve heard less about is how (or if) ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mike Bowen, whose company Prestige Ameritech makes surgical masks in Texas, about why he's unhappy about the flood of orders coming in for his product. More than 10 ...

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More companies are trying to get into the mask-making business, as hospitals and public officials scrounge for protective gear for medical workers confronting the coronavirus pandemic. A Texas ...

JOHANNESBURG, April 15 (Reuters) - A company believed to have hiked the price of face masks by 500% during the coronavirus epidemic has been sent to a South African court, and more prosecutions for ...

Every morning, managers at Dealmed Medical Supplies meet to discuss which customers they can provide with face masks from their dwindling stock. On a recent morning, they decided a local hospital ...

The lifting of the mandate will only hasten the decline of the new industry, he added. Armbrust, who is also president of the American Mask Manufacturer's Association, a group created to fight for the ...