Massive Technologies provides quality protective masks for small hospital group in Fitchburg, Massachusetts

"As a regional medical organization in Massachusetts, we are left to our own devices to secure PPE products for our nurses and doctors battling the COVID-19 pandemic," says John DeMalia, President and CEO of Community Health Connections. "We learned about Massive Technologies through a trusted associate, and understandably had concerns about paying upfront for these respirator masks.

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“All of our orders, for millions of N95 masks, were canceled last week,” says Leo Friedman, CEO of iPromo in Chicago, who has been importing tens of millions of masks all month. “They were for hospitals and state governments. We told them last week that we can’t get them.”