Fall River company named 2020 Manufacturer of the Year by Massachusetts’ legislature’s House/Senate Manufacturing Caucus

(Fall River, MA, Oct. 6, 2020….) This year, preparation put Fall River’s Bolger & O’Hearn in a position to help New England front line workers fight the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the company, since March of this year, Bolger & O’Hearn has donated thousands of gallons of hand sanitizer to hospitals and community organizations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Lifespan Health System in Rhode Island and the city of Fall River. Recognizing the immediate need for life-protecting hand sanitizer, Bolger & O’Hearn tapped their supply chain for the ingredients and converted part of their manufacturing operations to support delivery.

Bolger & O’Hearn also diverted business operations at the beginning of the pandemic to supply high -powered, durable water repellent technologies to medical PPE manufacturers to make thousands of urgently needed hospital medical gowns.

In response to Bolger & O’Hearn’s actions supporting the region and the US textile industry, the company has been named “2020 Manufacturer of the Year” on behalf of the Fall River, Massachusetts, legislative district by House Representative Alan Silvia on behalf of the Massachusetts’ legislature’s House/Senate Manufacturing Caucus.

The Slade Street business typically manufactures, develops, and distributes a wide variety of specialty chemicals. for the textiles, nonwovens and paper industries.

Silvia presented the citation to Bolger & O’Hearn Mfg. today.

“I was honored to nominate this great company for the Massachusetts Legislative Manufacturing Caucus ‘Reimagined’ 5th Annual Manufacturing Ceremony and award. They donated 772 pounds of hand sanitizer to Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. They also donated 202 pounds of sanitizer to our city for use by the Fire Department personnel and front line responders.”