When the Maryland medical community was short on PPE, to protect frontline workers they put out a call for help. Under Armour responded to this call by pulling in their innovation team with a goal: design masks that would help prevent the spread of COVID-19. We spoke to the ground team at Under Armour’s Lighthouse facility where it all happened. What was once a place where designers and engineers tested new apparel and footwear, now serves as a PPE manufacturing plant projected to supply nearly 5 million masks and more than 200,000 gowns.

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