AZEK switches to medical production
Manufacturer meets the needs of temporary hospitals in New York and Michigan.
Chicago-based Building products manufacturer The AZEK Company has been providing customer materials to temporary hospitals in New York and Michigan.
The company is also working with governments in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois to meet COVID-19 needs.
AZEK manufactured medical partition materials at its Scranton, Pa. Vycom facility.
The maker of TimberTech decking and other sustainable building products, shifted resources at its Vycom facility in Scranton, Pa. to produce antibacterial partition materials to be used in treatment centers providing care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Operating as an essential business, AZEK provided roughly 5,000 hygienic plastic sheets for New York to be used in the partitions at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, which was transformed into a 2,000-bed temporary hospital.
AZEK has also designed temporary buildings, beds and other structures for medical use at the following facilities:
Once the need for field hospitals dissipates, AZEK said that it will also be a resource to the sites by recycling the materials into other sustainable products. I
In the meantime, AZEK is currently in touch with several state governments and said it stands ready to design and produce materials for additional emergency hospital conversions.
The company is also working with governments in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois to meet COVID-19 needs.
AZEK manufactured medical partition materials at its Scranton, Pa. Vycom facility.The maker of TimberTech decking and other sustainable building products, shifted resources at its Vycom facility in Scranton, Pa. to produce antibacterial partition materials to be used in treatment centers providing care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Operating as an essential business, AZEK provided roughly 5,000 hygienic plastic sheets for New York to be used in the partitions at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, which was transformed into a 2,000-bed temporary hospital.
AZEK has also designed temporary buildings, beds and other structures for medical use at the following facilities:
- SUNY Old Westbury (Old Westbury, N.Y.)
- SUNY Stony Brook (Stony Brook, N.Y.)
- DeVos Place Convention Center (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Once the need for field hospitals dissipates, AZEK said that it will also be a resource to the sites by recycling the materials into other sustainable products. I
In the meantime, AZEK is currently in touch with several state governments and said it stands ready to design and produce materials for additional emergency hospital conversions.
