Pryor Products Partners to Meet Demand for Ventilator Rolling Cart Units

Pryor Products Partners With General Motors and Martinrea To Meet Demand For Ventilator Rolling Cart Units Company Rapidly Scales Production of Ventilator Rolling Carts Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

Pryor Products, a leading global supplier of ventilator rolling carts today announced that the Company recently expanded its operations in order to meet the increased demand of ventilator carts due to the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak. The Company’s Oceanside factory has added round-the-clock shifts to accommodate heightened demand. In addition, Pryor Products has partnered with General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM), Ventec Life Systems and Martinrea to help meet the projected global demand for ventilators which is is expected to increase by 2000 percent by the end of 2020.

“We are proud and privileged to be able to play such a significant role in the global fight against this disease. Our employees have never worked with a greater sense of purpose and our supply chain partners in Oceanside made the impossible, possible.”

Through this partnership, GM’s engineering team leveraged Pryor’s proprietary ventilator rolling cart design to create the tools and dies necessary to produce units. Pryor delivered the first shipment of 1,000 ventilator rolling carts in the month of April while GM’s partner, Martinrea will use their factory capacity at several U.S.-based plants to produce thousands of additional rolling carts as required over the next eight months. Martinrea was able to move from the GM design phase to full manufacturing in just 24 days, while GM and Martinrea ramped up production capabilities for the ventilators and carts for their first month of volume shipments in May. “We are proud to collaborate with GM and Martinrea. Their design, engineering and manufacturing expertise was invaluable as we optimized our manufacturing and assembly

resources to accommodate demand during this critical time,” said Kevin Dailey, president at Pryor. “Their joint expertise in manufacturability ensured that our rolling cart design maintains full FDA compliance while allowing higher volume production than ever before.” In addition to partnering with GM and Martinrea and ramping up operations at the Pryor’s Oceanside, Calif. factory, the Company is shipping to international customers in Germany and Italy. “We are proud and privileged to be able to play such a significant role in the global fight against this disease. Our employees have never worked with a greater sense of purpose and our supply chain partners in Oceanside made the impossible, possible,” said Dailey. This rapid response on multiple fronts has enabled Pryor to simultaneously work with other partners to outsource manufacturing of approximately 250,000 additional rolling ventilator cart units to ensure a more rapid response to future pandemic-level demands. The Company will apply the learnings and design elements from these partnerships into its existing infrastructure to address future capacity and global supply chain needs.

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PJ Graphics: Signs for Celebration

Because schools were closed across the state, high school seniors were not given the opportunity to participate in a graduation ceremony. There were no stages to walk across, no diplomas placed in hands, and no applause from friends and families. Many felt a sense of loss as they were denied this event which marks such a momentous occasion in their lives. One family in Oceanside wanted to do something special for their senior who would have otherwise graduated with pomp and circumstance. They contacted their friends Tom and Helen Hartley, owners of PJ Graphics, and ordered a banner printed to personally celebrate with their teenager. Lance Hartley, their son, created the popular banner design. Soon after, another family came forward for a banner for their high school senior. Tom and Helen realized that this was an avenue to help those students who wouldn’t be graduating in the traditional manner – they began offering to print these celebratory banners at an affordable price point for families of just $25.00. Like any good idea, news of the banners spread quickly. Channel 8 News got wind of the story and featured PJ Graphics’ banners in a piece that went viral. Soon Tom and Helen were fielding orders from across the country. Helen said they have received banner orders from Hawaii to New Jersey and North Carolina. (Banners can be mailed for $10.00 fee.) Families are getting banners printed to celebrate students graduating from kindergarten, 8th grade, high school and even college. The commemorative banners have taken on a life of their own. One family even ordered a banner to celebrate a student’s acceptance into USC, and they have become a way to celebrate other milestones. Helen said she feels she has new friends from all over the country, and many have expressed their appreciation through tears of joy. PJ Graphics have received heartfelt responses from recipients of the banners and those who have ordered them –helping them feel connected during this time of isolation.