Media Coverage
Detroit News - As protective gear becomes a new normal, some call for Michigan health systems to buy domestic, June 11, 2020
EXP|DET - Local Heroes: Sewing, Deliveries and Doodles, May 13, 2020
Redshift by Autodesk - From Fighting Fashion - Industry Waste to Making PPE: Detroit Sewing to the Rescue, April 29, 2020
DetroitIsIt - Creators of Fashion Stitch Together PPE and Masks for the Frontlines, April 29, 2020
MEDC - Michigan’s ‘Arsenal of Innovation’ Supports the Frontlines in the Flight Against COVID-19, April 28, 2020
99% Invisible Podcast: History of Face Masks and the Power of PPE in Pandemics (“Masking for a Friend”), April 21, 2020
Crain’s Detroit Business - ISAIC's medical gown production jump-starts plan to create sewn goods hub in Detroit, April 19, 2020 (pdf of Crain’s article available here)
Deadline Detroit - Cass Avenue Startup in Detroit Gets $150,000 From State to Sew Medical Protective Gowns, April 16, 2020
WJR - Paul W. Smith talks to Xenith, Carhartt and ISAIC about PPE production, April 12, 2020
WDET/Detroit Today - These Michigan Businesses Want to Be Part of the Solution to COVID-19 Shortages, April 8, 2020
Dbusiness - Detroit’s ISAIC Manufactures Medical-grade Masks, Gowns in Face of COVID-19, April 6, 2020
Model D - Detroit apparel manufacturers, nonprofits, and businesses partner to create centralized solution, April 5, 2020
Forbes - Billionaire Dan Gilbert Is Looking To Save Detroit Again, This Time From Coronavirus, April 2, 2020
Detroit News - Quicken to boost hospitals' access to masks, medical equipment, April 2, 2020
Press Materials
ISAIC announces expanded efforts in fight against COVID-19, April 17, 2020
ISAIC centralizes massive surgical mask and gown production collaboration in Detroit, April 3, 2020
Rock family of companies resources fight coronavirus pandemic, April 2, 2020