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Efforts to make protective medical gear in US falling flat

Angstrom Manufacturing president Chris Carron poses for a photo Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Angstrom normally makes dental equipment but expanded with the help of a grant during the pandemic to produce personal protective equipment, churning out millions of surgical-style masks. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Angstrom Manufacturing president Chris Carron poses for a photo with machinery the company uses to make surgical masks Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Angstrom normally makes dental equipment but expanded with the help of a grant during the pandemic to produce personal protective equipment, churning out millions of surgical-style masks. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Angstrom Manufacturing president Chris Carron poses for a photo with machinery the company uses to make surgical masks Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Angstrom normally makes dental equipment but expanded with the help of a grant during the pandemic to produce personal protective equipment, churning out millions of surgical-style masks. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Angstrom Manufacturing president Chris Carron poses for a photo with machinery the company uses to make surgical masks Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Angstrom normally makes dental equipment but expanded with the help of a grant during the pandemic to produce personal protective equipment, churning out millions of surgical-style masks. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Jim Schmersahl, owner of Halcyon Shades, poses with a machine used to make N-95 masks Friday, March 18, 2022, in University City, Mo. Halcyon is small company that normally makes window shades, but when the pandemic hit, its sales plummeted. Halcyon applied for the state grants to make PPE as a way to try to keep its employees at work and keep the company afloat. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Jim Schmersahl, owner of Halcyon Shades, poses with material used in making N-95 masks Friday, March 18, 2022, in University City, Mo. Halcyon is small company that normally makes window shades, but when the pandemic hit, its sales plummeted. Halcyon applied for the state grants to make PPE as a way to try to keep its employees at work and keep the company afloat. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Jim Schmersahl, owner of Halcyon Shades, poses with material used in making N-95 masks Friday, March 18, 2022, in University City, Mo. Halcyon is small company that normally makes window shades, but when the pandemic hit, its sales plummeted. Halcyon applied for the state grants to make PPE as a way to try to keep its employees at work and keep the company afloat. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Jim Schmersahl, owner of Halcyon Shades, poses in a "clean room" used in making N-95 masks at the company's production facility Friday, March 18, 2022, in University City, Mo. Halcyon is small company that normally makes window shades, but when the pandemic hit, its sales plummeted. Halcyon applied for the state grants to make PPE as a way to try to keep its employees at work and keep the company afloat. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)