WinCraft CEO John Killen says the new products have been a phenomenal success for the company hit hard by COVID-19.
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As pro sports leagues get
as pro sports leagues get
back in action risk packing
stadiums to the brim.
One company in Minnesota hopes
their production can fix that
wind craft is a manufacturing
company that makes licensed
products for sports teams.
They work with the NCAA Major
League, baseball,
NBA, NHL
Nascar, you name it and all the
college sports
they are adding face masks to
their shelves featuring
Americas. Favorite sports teams.
Here with more, is John Killen.
Look at that he is wearing the
face. What is that called the
face? I call it a gator,
you call it a what
a face Wrap
Steve. You are wearing my
favorite Kansas Jayhawks. Thank
you.
John. Before Covid hit, wind
craft was having its best year
ever
thats right.
Wind craft is a 59 year old,
Minnesota company.
We are having a record two thousand and twenty, and
of course we all know Covid hit
and sports stopped in America.
Unfortunately, we had to
furlough six hundred employees when we
had to shelter in place enacted
by our governor and also
governor of Wisconsin.
We had to think fast and we
quickly said what else can we do
to help America and help our
people return to work, and we
invented this face mask product
line
Steve you did indeed
right now. The good news is, you
have rehired five hundred of those people
who were sidelined by the
pandemic
and they are making these masks
and the design is so simple
because it is a single piece of
cloth
just like that
and you fold it over and then
have you got these things where
you put it through your ears,
just like that on in no time
everybody is talking about how
important it is to get back to
sports.
This is a way to be able to do
just that.
Thats right.
We have had great support from
our licensing partners. Six hundred
colleges,
our engineering team, did a
wonderful job, developing the
product
supply team, finding the material
to make it out of
its great. We can do
this. As you said, we employed five hundred and five
people in the last one hundred days and
brought people back to work.
We shipped over two million units
in the first one hundred days of
production.
This has been February Noal
success for the company
and available nationwide with
retailers,
hipping people show team Friday
and be safe in this code. Time
period
Steve, it has been shown mask,
does work
a lot of people dont like to
wear them, but they do make
wearing a mask fun.
I understand you are also
working with colleges to put the
masks in their back to school
back to campus packets as well
right,
thats right.
We are working with a lot of
great colleges and universities
out there
Notre Dame Lsu Alabama
University of Northern Iowa
and we are trying to outfit some
of the teams and students get
back to campus, so they can
return to the classroom and
study and learn and have a great
college experience
Steve. Yesterday we ran a
soundbite from coach o at Ls Lsu,
and he was talking about the
importance of betting gang into
the stands. America lives on
football and sports unite us.
We will figure a way to do it
by people wearing masks
socially distancing in the
stadium thats. How you can do
it
thats what you and your company
are trying to do right now,
thats right
and we are working closely with
Lsu.
They will have gaiters like
this
and coach. Also. Have that really
a great way to return social
distance, conscious or
return to school or
return to campus,
get out there and enjoy your
favorite sporting event? Do
it with a mask on and try to get
life back to normal,
Steve yeah?
I wear mine to the grocery
store
John. If people are watching
would like more information
about your masks and scarves,
where do they go?
They can go local retail from
an internet basis, Rally
house, dot, com, fanatics, dot com they
have a great selection of face,
covers all types of varieties.
We really appreciate being on
Fox AMP friends this morning.
This has been a great
opportunity for us to bring jobs
back to America.
Steve Indeed- and you are
its amazing
John Killen from wind craft win
company has been in existence.
Transcript generated on 2020-07-21.