Raymond Corp. to produce more than 2,000 face shields for local health-care professionals

GREENE — The Raymond Corporation says engineers and staff at its plant in the Chenango County town of Greene recently began to 3D print face shields to provide local doctors, nurses, and first responders with needed personal protective equipment (PPE).

The manufacturing firm expects to produce more than 2,000 face shields to be distributed to area hospitals and emergency responders.

“Like everyone, we at The Raymond Corporation have heard the appeals for protective equipment from our local healthcare workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic. As an essential business, we have an acute understanding of the need worldwide to provide our heroic doctors, nurses and first responders for the PPE equipment they desperately require,” Michael Field, president and CEO of Raymond Corp., said in a statement. “Raymond has the ability and desire to utilize our vast production capabilities to support those crucial employees.”

Raymond is a manufacturer of forklift trucks and pallet jacks, as well as a provider of telematics and material-handling products for the warehousing and distribution industries. It is a unit of Toyota Industries Corp. Its plant is located at 22 S. Canal St. in Greene.