Face Mask Market Report

Face Mask Market Report

One year after the Coronavirus was declared a global pandemic, face masks have become ubiquitous in daily lives as they continue to be mandated in more public places. And, not only is everyone wearing masks, it seems like everyone is making them too.To get more news about quality type II mask factory, you can visit tnkme.com official website.
The result of this surge in usage and demand for masks, which had previously largely been made in Asia, has led to an unprecedented rate of investment in not just face masks but in their main raw material component—meltblown nonwovens. Companies ranging from veterans in medical products and filtration media to newcomers looking to help fight the spread of the Coronavirus, and make some money in the process—have spent the last year ramping up face masks lines and nonwovens production facilities to fuel demand for masks and respirators used both on the front lines and in consumers’ daily lives.

As the Coronavirus pandemic begins its second year, investment in new mask lines continues. U.S. president Joseph Biden has recently mandated mask use in all federal buildings and on most forms of public transportation, and communicable disease expert Anthony Fauci is telling Americans that wearing two masks is better than one. With herd immunity still many months away, experts are forecasting the virus surge to last well into the third quarter of 2021 with mask usage to continue, to some extent, well afterwards.
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After months of ramping up its masks output, in December, Honeywell announced it had reached a significant milestone by delivering more than 225 million face masks to help protect workers in response to the increased demand for respiratory protection products.

Honeywell delivered the N95 respirators and disposable, surgical face masks to multiple locations in the U.S. for healthcare systems, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In addition, the company shipped millions of masks to state and local governments in support of their response to Covid-19 and for their personal protective equipment (PPE) stockpiles.

“We are honored to play a part in providing much-needed PPE to those workers responding to the pandemic in the U.S.,” says Praveen Reddy, president, Honeywell’s Personal Protective Equipment business. “Honeywell has made significant investments to expand our capacity to produce N95 masks and other respiratory products in the U.S. and globally.”
Honeywell produces a range of respiratory protection products for workers, including NIOSH-certified N95 masks, flat-fold single-use masks and elastomeric half-masks with replaceable cartridges.

By steadily increasing production capacity, the company has the ability to produce hundreds of millions of face masks for healthcare and other critical needs.

Honeywell first began ramping up its N95 mask production operation at multiple U.S. facilities in the U.S. The company was able to begin operations in just five weeks by accelerating a process that could normally take up to nine months. The operations were initially capable of producing 20 million masks per month, and Honeywell has steadily increased capacity throughout the year.

“We have seen overall improvements in material availability since the pandemic started,” Reddy says. “Honeywell has expanded our production operations globally to help address the unprecedented demand, and we invested in automation in order to streamline operations and increase output. With these efforts, we have the capacity to be able to produce more than a billion N95 face masks per year.”

Looking ahead, Honeywell expects to see continued demand for respiratory protection for the near future as experts claim that face masks are one of the more effective methods at helping curb the spread of the virus. “Governments are issuing stronger mandates and guidelines for mask usage,” Reddy adds. “We are also seeing a greater push for high-quality masks, such as the N95 masks, to be made available to the general public.