With medical supplies dwindling in COVID-19 pandemic, Wisconsin businesses shift gears

No one will be drinking Doundrins Distilling’s newest product — it’s hand sanitizer.

On the other side of Dane County, workers are assembling face shields for doctors based on a design sketched out by UW-Madison engineers and a Madison design firm.

Meanwhile, ventilators are coming off the assembly line quicker than ever at GE Healthcare’s plant on Madison’s East Side.

In a mobilization reminiscent of World War II, when factories worked around the clock to address military needs, Wisconsin businesses are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by revving up production of medical supplies.

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