KEY POINTS
  • Demand for respirators is so high that it's increasingly difficult to order them on e-commerce platforms like Amazon.
  • To fill the surge in demand for the devices, particularly the N95 respirator, 3M is ramping up production
  • In Aberdeen, South Dakota, more than 650 employees at one of 3M's largest manufacturing facilities are working overtime to increase face mask production.

From the streets of Beijing to Milan Fashion Week, people around the world are turning to protective masks and respirators to try and reduce the risk of infection amid the global outbreak of coronavirus.

Demand is so high that it's increasingly difficult to order respirators on e-commerce platforms like Amazon.