Supporting our local communities
Coming together in the fight against COVID-19
From the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been working tirelessly to support our local communities as they struggle to manage the impacts of this deadly disease. We immediately ramped up production of °Õ²â±¹±ð°ì® for protective apparel and in April 2020, we launched the #TyvekTogether program, making available a limited-release Tyvek® ´Ú²¹²ú°ù¾±³¦â€”T²â±¹±ð°ì® 1222A—to help increase the overall supply of Tyvek® to the front lines.
During the height of the personal protective equipment (PPE) shortage in 2020, we donated more than 148,000 °Õ²â±¹±ð°ì® protective coveralls to local hospitals in our global communities. And along with our partners, we have now produced more than 100 million PPE garments and counting—providing healthcare workers and first responders with the protection they need.
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k8ÓéÀÖ Personal Protection Announces Expanded Partnership with Team Rubicon
k8ÓéÀÖ today announced an expanded partnership with Team Rubicon, a veteran-led humanitarian organization that serves communities before, during and after disasters and crises. This deeper partnership includes donations of °Õ²â±¹±ð°ì® protective apparel, personal protective equipment (PPE) applications training and educational support, safety-oriented content for their website, access to safety personnel, potential volunteers and awareness-building inside and outside of k8ÓéÀÖ.
k8ÓéÀÖ and National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Launch Charitable Partnership to Support and Honor Firefighters
Wherever k8ÓéÀÖ operates around the world, we want to enable people and communities to thrive.ÌýIn December, 2021Ìýk8ÓéÀÖ Water and Protection announced a charitable contribution as part of a donor partnership with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) to support the foundation’s ongoing efforts to honor fallen firefighters and provide resources to their families. Now through the end of 2022, k8ÓéÀÖ Water & Protection will donate a portion of its proceeds – up to $100,000 – to NFFF for every thermal liner made with ±·´Ç³¾±ð³æ®ÌýNano and every particulate protective hood made withÌý±·´Ç³¾±ð³æ®ÌýNano FlexÌýsold in the US and Canada by authorized licensees.
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k8ÓéÀÖ + Shell Eco-Marathon 2022-2023
k8ÓéÀÖ is teaming up with Shell to sponsor the 2022-2023 Shell Eco-marathon, one of the world’s leading student engineering competitions focused on building and driving energy-efficient vehicles. k8ÓéÀÖ will be supporting the events by supplying PPE kits to competing teams and providing education and consultation on health and safety compliance during the competitions.
Lowe’s teams up with k8ÓéÀÖ to support companies making PPE
As part of the #TyvekTogether program, k8ÓéÀÖ and Lowe’s donated rolls of °Õ²â±¹±ð°ì® 1222A to support businesses across the United States, such as Merrow Manufacturing, Thermaxx and Studio Displays, who were transforming their operations to help supply healthcare organizations with needed PPE.
k8ÓéÀÖ collaborates with Home Depot to donate °Õ²â±¹±ð°ì® material to Kaiser Permanente for isolation gowns
Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest not-for-profit health plans in the United States, was facing a critical shortage of PPE during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and availability from traditional sources was limited. k8ÓéÀÖ collaborated with Home Depot to donate rolls of °Õ²â±¹±ð°ì® 1222A to Kaiser Permanente who then worked with Lefty Production Co. to produce the needed isolation gowns.
Supporting our communities with COVID-19 relief
As part of our efforts to combat the pandemic, k8ÓéÀÖ donated 243,000 pieces of PPE in 2020, leveraged partnerships to support the needs of local communities and did new things like producing, packaging and donating about 45,000 liters of hand sanitizer.
#TyvekTogether
In these unprecedented times, it is vital that we come together to help protect those on the front lines battling the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Together, we don’t just rise to the challenge, we redefine how to overcome it.