![]() ![]() Klisch plans to begin printing valves for ventilators at his Brooklyn studio, starting next week, according to The Toy Association. Industry trade group The Toy Association reported this week that Brett Klisch, owner and creative director of Peru Meridian Studios is organizing efforts to get information to toy designers, fabricators, and inventors about how they can use their 3-D printers to help ease the shortages. “While we were forced to lay off a large number of our staff, this gives us an opportunity to contribute to something positive, and get some people back to work,” he said. It has the capacity to produce about 1,500 gallons per day, Muderick said. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Fair, is using his Pennsylvania toy factory to make hand sanitizer. The creator of Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty, Aaron Muderick, shown here at the 2019 New York Toy. It plans to sell the sanitizer it produces in the coming weeks. It donated the first 100 gallons of sanitizer to local first responders and government agencies. Within 72 hours, the company had obtained the necessary government approvals, adjusted its production line, and produced the first batches of sanitizer. ![]() “We have the ability to hop on science projects quickly here,” he said, “and we’re looking at this effort to create an FDA-approved hand sanitizer as the ultimate science project.” “Chemistry and formulas are what we do at Crazy Aaron’s,” Muderick said. “We thought maybe we can shift our production for a positive outcome.” He and company executives realized “we actually have all the ingredients to make sanitizer as part of our normal process,” he said. “We had been shut down for a few days when we had this epiphany,” he said. “It is preposterous that we are in this position and now it’s up to everyone to work together.”Īaron Muderick, founder and executive chairman of toy company Crazy Aaron’s had his Norristown toy factory idled by an order by the Pennsylvania governor to close all non-essential businesses. “I believe this issue can best be resolved by entrepreneurs,” he said. He launched his campaign by personally donating $100,000 to the UCLA Medical Center. Larian said he is planning to buy new machinery and to donate the medical supplies he is able to produce there. MGA also will be using the Hudson, Ohio factory where it makes its Little Tikes plastic toys to make ventilators and googles for hospitals. MGA Entertainment is creating a web page where others can donate to the effort and where hospitals and healthcare workers can request supplies.į, the global aid arm of logistics tech provider Flexport, has partnered with MGA Entertainment to air lift the masks to the United States.
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