We recognize that necessity brings innovation, and there are many creative people who are designing and fabricating alternatives to commercially-available N95 masks, face shields, test swabs, and ventilators. While all of us desire to get solutions in the hands of our healthcare workers as quickly as possible, we want to do the best we can to ensure these alternatives are providing a known level of safety and reliability. We also want to assist in helping people to identify the most promising solutions with respect to both safety and potential production capacity.
BIO El Paso-Juarez has established the Localizing and Marketing the PPE Supply Chain for El Paso Growth Program to assist in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
To support El Paso manufacturers in pivoting their operations to produce needed materials in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Support provided includes:
BIO El-Paso Juarez is supporting manufactures by promoting locally produced personal protection equipment (PPE). The PPE directory provides information about products and contact information for locally produced or distributed PPE items.
If you are currently a manufacturer or supplier in El Paso and your organization is interested in participating in this program, please fill out the form below and a BIO EPJ team member will contact you promptly.
Only one form per organization may be submitted.
Information submitted on this form is subject to the Open Records Requests and may be disclosed to the public, if requested, with limited exceptions. Please do not include any confidential information on this form as we are unable to guarantee protection or non-disclosure of confidential information.
Applications are still being accepted and will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis to determine eligibility for the program.
