A respirator mask is a piece of personal-protective equipment that removes contaminants from the air you breathe using cartridges, filters or canisters. It is essential wear for people who work in ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Newly designed powered air-purifying respirators (PAPRs), developed by Ford in close collaboration with 3M, are on the way to health care workers fighting COVID-19.

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Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The 3M Company will soon release newly designed powered air-purifying respirators that have been developed ...

Medical workers in protective gear transport a patient believed to be a confirmed case of COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Ford announced today that it is working with 3M and GE Healthcare to produce ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear wants multinational company 3M to release its patent for the N95 respirator — a desperately needed type of protective gear that's difficult to get during the ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 3M has been awarded two contracts through the U.S. Department of Defense in recent weeks to further expand U.S. production of N95 respirators in response to the ...

Minnesota-based company 3M has doubled its production of coronavirus-protecting N95 respirator masks over the last two months – to a rate of more than 1.1 billion a year, or almost 100 million a month ...