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Delta Apparel to Produce Cotton Face Masks



April 20, 2020

Delta Apparel Inc., Greenville, S.C., will leverage its manufacturing facilities to begin producing cotton face masks to help fight the spread of COVID-19.

The company recently announced it has joined a coalition of apparel brands, including Hanesbrands and Gildan Activewear, that are responding to urgent calls for companies to help produce face masks during the global pandemic. Once fully ramped up, the companies expect to produce up to 10 million face masks per week in the United States and Central America.

“We are extremely proud to offer the resources we have available for the manufacture of face masks to help support those hospitals and health care workers on the front lines, as well as all Americans battling the spread of COVID-19,” says Robert Humphreys, chairman and CEO, Delta Apparel. “We have already begun production of the face masks in our sewing facility in North Carolina and expect to begin production in Honduras this week.”

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued recommendations on wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social-distancing measures are difficult to maintain, such as grocery stores and pharmacies, and especially in areas of significant community-based transmission. In addition to face masks, Delta Apparel also is producing and selling non-medical grade face coverings.


“We are proud of our dedicated workforce who wanted to participate in these efforts and quickly took on the challenge to retool our production lines to begin making these masks and face coverings,” Humphreys says. “Of course, the safety of our employee base is of utmost importance to us. We are following the recommended protocols within our facilities, including providing face masks for our employees to wear, implementing social-distancing protocols, and increasing sanitation and cleanliness measures.” — J.L.


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