HQC Incorporated

08/27/2020

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06/01/2020

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05/08/2020

HQC Incorporated and Marshall Mold, two Illinois based companies, have teamed up to help a local robotics team design, manufacture and donate plastic ear savers to medical workers and other first responders.

Medical staff and essential employees are working overtime hours, for weeks straight amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Surgical masks, however, were never intended for such prolonged usage, and their design functionality certainly doesn’t make it easy for first responders under these circumstances.

Unfortunately, personal protective equipment (PPE), when worn for extensive time periods, can wreak havoc on front line workers- putting great strain on the backs of their ears. The young engineers of the Turbo Charged Robotics (a FIRST FTC Team) wanted to create something to help with the problem and began 3D printing face shields and ear savers last week.

HQC Inc. is a proud sponsor of the robotics team, and Tim Andrus, co-owner of HQC Incorporated saw an opportunity for HQC to help them produce the ear savers faster and to give back to the community. These plastic strips attach to the elastic sides of the mask, creating a bridge across the back of the head. They are fully adjustable and completely eliminate the strain put on the back of the ears while wearing a surgical mask!

Since HQC operates within the healthcare industry, making other medical related products, they already had professional relationships with folks at local hospitals as well as other medical device manufacturers. This sparked the idea to team up with Marshall Mold & Engineering to produce ear savers for surgical masks and donate to local front line workers.

Last Sunday night HQC designed the plastic ear savers. Marshall Mold was then able to have a completed mold sent to HQC by that following Friday and within the same day, HQC sampled the parts and began production! Normal lead-time on a project like this is anywhere from 4-6 weeks, so getting these out into the community within a week was truly incredible.

In addition to donating to first responders, masks will also be donated to HQC’s partners and customers within the food manufacturing industry to help these essential workers to be safe and comfortable. HQC is proud to support their local community in every way possible and to do their part to support healthcare staff and other front line workers.

05/08/2020

As we continue to navigate through this pandemic, we at HQC Incorporated want to reassure you that our supply chain is in full operation thanks to our current guidelines, practices, and strict standards and we have not seen any interruptions at this point in time.

We are, of course, continuing to do everything we can to ensure the safety and support of our employees, vendor partners and customers. Due to the fact that our business largely supplies both medical and food grade partners, we have always, and will continue to maintain the appropriate safety and sanitation certification measures for our facility.

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HQC Incorporated is considered to be an essential business in Illinois and will continue to remain open for business.