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L.L. Bean already is using its shipping hub to sort and package food for distribution to food pantries. Now it has reopened its Brunswick production plant to create medical masks using materials from dog beds.
Workers who typically sew the iconic L.L. Bean Boots, dog beds and tote bags on Monday began transforming dog bed liners into medical masks.
Most of them will go to MaineHealth, which is partnering on the project and paying the labor and materials costs.
The goal is to produce as many as 10,000 masks a day, officials said.