The Ohio-based materials firm brightened things up with a colorful LinkedIn post.

The materials firm had construction projects underway in Ontario and Alberta, but it expects no impact on regular production.

The Ohio-based firm also is seeing its thermoplastic polyurethanes used in many medical applications.

The site has been classified as critical infrastructure and will remain open. Formosa did not say exactly how many contract workers were infected.

Sellers are trying to profit from an overwhelming demand for the masks, which are needed by health care workers treating COVID-19 patients.

The Texas-based firm will use its polypropylene resins in the new products.

North American prices for each material were down over the course of the month.

Compounds, concentrates and additives made by the two firms are in demand in health care and related markets.

The Ohio-based firm is making enough sheet at its 10 plants to make 3 million shields per week.

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Voodoo has repurposed all of its 5,000-square-foot facility to make protective face shields for health care workers and hospitals. Voodoo aims to print at least 2,500 shields weekly with room to scale its volume of production based on demand.

The Honeywell plant in Phoenix previously had focused its production on aerospace engines.

Manufacturers are scrambling to keep up with production of plastics-based personal protective equipment (PPE) for the medical market as the impact of coronavirus grows.

Donations will be made to multiple relief efforts for both immediate help and assistance to local communities.

"Essential" designations are keeping Teknor Apex, Techmer PM and Penn Color busy supplying needed materials.

The 35-employee firm had been owned by a unit of Toyota Motor Corp. and will be used to add compounding in the U.S for Ube.