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MEP Success Stories from Iowa

Pandemic Prompts Collaborative Response from Iowa Manufacturers

Reported Year
2020
Through the initial outbreak of COVID-19 CIRAS focused largely on removing obstacles preventing manufacturers from addressing Iowa’s PPE crisis. CIRAS, part of the MEP National Network™, worked with The Dimensional Group to identify tooling needs and locate raw materials so that they could rapidly start producing plastic face shields that would
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