Hillery Company — a custom metal fabrication shop located in Groton, Connecticut — is now producing aluminum strips to secure homemade face masks in effort to combat the global COVID-19 pandemic.
As reported by The Day, the shop started making the metal strips in response to a request for help by a nurse at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London, Connecticut. Now, the shop is shipping the pieces across the country with the help of volunteer labor, at an estimated cost to the shop of around 5 cents per piece. More from reporting conducted by The Day: