UPS Supports Textile Producer SanMar and Ships 1.7M Face Masks
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UPS is operating flights to deliver 1.7 million face masks made by SanMar, a textile producer, in response to the coronavirus.
SanMar converted its clothing production facilities inHonduras and Tennessee to support protective mask production and distribution.SanMar reached out to UPS and the company moved quickly to provide supply chainand global shipping services for each phase of the collaboration.
“We knew immediately that SanMar should be part of thiseffort as a result of our ability to make and sew textiles here in the U.S., aswell as in Central America,” said Renton Leversedge, Chief Customer Officer forSanMar. “We have manufacturing expertise and we have scale, which enables us totake part in this very important work.”
Since the program began at the end of March, SanMar hasmanufactured more than 100,000 masks at its Tennessee production facility. Whenthe masks are completed, UPS will ship the life-saving cargo to healthcareproviders throughout the U.S.
Production and distribution started in April of more than1.7 million masks produced at SanMar’s Honduras location for shipment to theirJacksonville, Florida, distribution center. The masks will be shipped via UPSAir Freight on pallets and then repackaged to the correct quantities fordistribution by UPS’s small package division to healthcare providers around theUnited States.
UPS has a special appreciation for companies who are workingto support the needs of front line workers during the pandemic.
More than 495,000 UPS employees have continued to operate inmarkets throughout the world, where the company has been designated as acritical infrastructure business. The company has modified its operating plansto ensure employee and general public safety while it continues to operate. AllUPS employees, including our delivery personnel, have been trained on propersocial distancing and all employees have been given protective equipment,sanitizer and other materials. The company has ramped up facility and equipmentcleaning and is ensuring adherence to CDC protocols.
