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Hockey Company Bauer Now Making Face Shields

By Sarah Gibson

NH Public Radio

The Exeter New Hampshire-based hockey gear company Bauer is joining other manufacturers and universities in a push to make protective gear for medical staff and first responders.

Medical staff wear plastic face shields produced by the sports gear company Bauer. CREDIT COURTESY OF BAUER

Bauer's factory, located outside of Montreal, usually makes skates for professional hockey players. But in late March, it began designing plastic face shields meant to give people wearing masks an extra layer of protection from the coronavirus.

Bauer’s sister company in Liverpool, New York, typically manufactures lacrosse equipment. Now it is also making face shields.

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