Nestled in Winnipeg’s innovative North Forge FabLab, Win-Shield Devices is at the forefront of creating a suite of innovative and inclusive personal protection equipment (PPE).Built out of necessity and innovation, its inception is a story of how an idea put into action can create something special. 

In 2020, as COVID-19 struck Manitoba’s health-care system, the president of Win-Shield Devices Inc., Rob Ranson, was compelled to act. Driven by concern for frontline workers like his daughter, an X-Ray technician, and frustrated with the inadequacies of existing PPE, he sketched a design for a full coverage, comprehensive face shield.

With the support of North Forge FabLab members and access to CNC cutting equipment and a vacuum-forming machine, the C-Shield prototype was completed in just three days.

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