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The manager of Reid Health’s material services department, Brent Cotter, suggested that it might be beneficial if a local plastics company could help with the shortage of shields.
Word got around when Dale Blunk, an employee who works in the sales department of Primex attended a Bible study with Scott Rauch, Reid Health’s vice president.
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By Monday morning Primex and Reid Health were discussing what gear needed to be produced and Primex got to work, the release said.
“We took all the things we have in our building that we make, threw them on the table and said 'here it is: our Apollo 13.' We all sat down - eight feet apart - and said, 'how do we do this?'" said Doug Borgsdorf, business unit director of Primex Plastics Corporation.
Reid Health says the company is also ramping up production to help other healthcare providers.
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