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If not for the “Lean” philosophy Boeing adopted in the 1990s and encouraged in its suppliers, his company would probably not be around today, said Jeff Kaas, owner of Kaas Tailored, which supplies such products as porthole curtains and crew seats and mattresses for aircraft, including presidential and VIP planes.

To help hospitals survive a dangerous shortage, a Mukilteo furniture maker has converted its tables and machines to sew lightweight surgical masks, at a rate of thousands per day. Kaas Tailored is leading what Providence Medical Group, based in Washington state, calls the 100 Million Mask Challenge.

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When a local hospital system in Washington state put a call out to the community, challenging them to sew 100 million masks, they couldn’t have predicted a local manufacturer would swoop in and start mass producing quality face masks and face shields.

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