The company has announced a plan to partner with Cartamundi, a card and board game manufacturer, to produce 50,000 face shields per week for front line health care workers.
On Saturday, the company announced its plan to partner with Cartamundi, a card and board game manufacturer, to produce 50,000 face shields per week for front line health care workers. "We are grateful for the opportunity to work together with our partners at Cartamundi to produce much-needed personal protective equipment , to directly assist the critical needs of front-line medical workers in our community," John Frascotti, president and COO of Hasbro, wrote in a statement.
Read More"We are very proud that we've been able to shift our focus to design, engineer and manufacture essential face shields to donate to local health care workers as they fight COVID-19," said Phillip Wauters, executive vice president of Cartamundi in a statement."We plan to continue to produce this essential personal protective equipment for the next several weeks as our communities continue to come together to bravely work through this crisis.
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