Puritan Medical Products in Guilford is receiving $51 million in federal funding from the CARES Act to boost production of swabs used for COVID-19 testing.
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, announced the funding in a news release.
The company is expected to be able to make an additional 50 million swabs a month, bringing its total production to 90 million swabs per month. According to the release from Collins, Puritan will also hire additional employees.
