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Coronavirus help: Oakland-based 3D printing company helping with PPE supply shortage

Coronavirus help: Oakland-based 3D printing company helping with PPE supply shortage

Written by David

March 29, 2020

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Hospitals are running dangerously low on personal protective equipment, so an Oakland-based 3D printing company is stepping in to help the medical community with the PPE shortage amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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FATHOM is an advanced manufacturing and 3D printing company. Since the shelter-in-place mandate they went from a staff of 50 to a handful of four to five people. For the last week and a half, co-founder Rich Stump said they have completely shifted their efforts to help the need to medical supplies. “We’re trying to connect people that need PPE to people that have PPE and try and bring those two communities together in a very short amount of time,” Stump said. FATHOM has three initiatives. The first is to get critical PPE supplies through their supply chain in China. RELATED: How to donate medical supplies to hospitals in the San […]

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