Armbrust claims a $5M investment builds domestic capacity for 1B masks
Lloyd Armbrust · SaaS CEO Launches PPE Factory, $10m Sales of Surgical Masks, American Made · Jan 30, 2021 · at 4:14
Lloyd Armbrust, founder of Armbrust American, compares the cost of importing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic against the cost of building domestic manufacturing infrastructure.
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“That for five million in investment, I could build the capability of making a billion masks, and then we would have that forever.”
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