SHELLEY K. MESCH
No one will be drinking Doundrins Distilling’s newest product — it’s hand sanitizer.
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Doundrins Distilling in Cottage Grove has begun making hand sanitizer to help medical clinics and other organizations that have run out.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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Process technician Drew Overley, left, and business development manager Brian Ellison, both with Midwest Prototyping, assemble face shields.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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Ryan Lovejoy, one of the owners of Doundrins Distilling, loads supplies for the distillery's conversion from making alcohol for drinking to making hand sanitizer.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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A sticker on a package of face shields manufactured at Midwest Prototyping offers words of encouragement to the medical professionals who will use the shield while treating patients.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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A sticker on each package of face shields from Midwest Prototyping offers words of encouragement to the end-users of the product.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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