Ames gas mask component contract creates jobs

An Ames product story

Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team Feb 17, 2009

Ames has announced the recent award of a gas mask component-moulding contract has resulted in the creation of 30 manufacturing and operations jobs at the company's Hamburg, New Jersey facility.

Ames was selected for the project based on its 13 years of experience in providing similar moulded components to a number of gas-mask manufacturers.

With the contract win, Ames is able to hire new employees in order to expedite the design and production of the components.

Included in the contract are face blanks, second skins, nose cups, sipper tubes, and outlet valves.

These components comprise the basic structure for gas masks, also known as Respiratory Protective Devices, and are utilised by military, security and industrial organisations.

All of Ames' gas masks are designed to meet critical military specifications for chemical, heat and biological resistance.