Alan Yiu, a prominent designer and small manufacturer of performance apparel in Vancouver, BC., has plunged headfirst into the personal protective equipment (PPE) shortage for health care workers. Step one was posting on LinkedIn some thoughts and prototypes of hospital gowns made out of Polartec and eVent scraps in his factory. Step two was waiting for the response … and it came.
This is the first in a series of podcast interviews with small outdoor industry manufacturers who are pivoting to stay open, to stay busy and to join the effort to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.