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NVS Audio In New Jersey Builds COVID-19 Face Shields

April 16, 2020 By Dave MacKinnon

New Jersey Face Shields

Carlos Ramirez, the owner of NVS Audio in Roselle, New Jersey, and his staff have been hard at work building face shields for area hospitals and medical centers. With thousands of dollars in materials and more than 200 hours of time donated to the project, they’ve delivered over 2,000 shields so far. Not surprisingly, the team has no plans of slowing down until the COVID-19 pandemic has passed.

Car Audio Industry Face Shields

Like many of his industry peers, Carlos found out about the face shield project from Jeremy Katz at JK Automotive Design. Jeremy sent Carlos his shield design, knowing that NVS Audio was equipped with the fabrication tools needed to contribute to the project. After joining one of the Facebook groups created by fellow car audio industry members, Carlos switched to the design from Gary Bell, which doesn’t require clips or zip ties.

Carlos has split the production of the shields between his CNC router and the shop laser. The CNC router can carve four layers of clear PETG plastic at once, while the laser cuts the two-piece headbands from thin ABS plastic.

New Jersey Face Shields
Carlos and his daughter cleaning dust off of headbands fresh out of the CNC laser.

Carlos told us that he had maxed out his credit cards to order material while it was available. He has started a GoFundMe campaign to buy additional material to keep the project rolling. Gary Bell has been shipping raw materials from California while Carlos waits for suppliers in New Jersey and New York to restock. Many NVS Audio customers have made financial contributions to the project and have offered to help assemble and deliver the shields. 

NVS Audio remains open because it’s considered an essential service, since it installs and calibrates ignition interlock devices. The team commits at least half a day each business day to shield production.

New Jersey Face Shields
A batch of face shields ready for delivery to frontline emergency and medical workers.

Protecting Healthcare Workers in New York and New Jersey

The shields that Carlos and his team have manufactured have gone to East Orange General Hospital, Clara Maass Medical Center, Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Carepoint Health Christ Hospital, RWJ University Hospital Rahway and University Hospital in New Jersey. He’s also sent shields to Bellevue Hospital, NYU Langone Health centers and hospitals, Elmhurst Hospital, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, South Nassau Communities Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital and many more around the New York City area.

New Jersey Face Shields
Face shields from NVS Audio help keep frontline nurses and doctors safe.

Protecting Medical Staff

Many hospitals started by distributing shields to their emergency room staffs. Carlos wants local frontline emergency and medical workers to know that they can drop by the store at 717 E. St. Georges Ave. in Roselle to pick up a shield for themselves.

Carlos is providing daily updates on shield production on the store’s YouTube channel, its Facebook page and its Instagram page. Of course, you can learn more about NVS Audio by visiting its website.

The team here at BestCarAudio.com, and undoubtedly the thousands of medical workers, EMTs, police officers and firefighters around New York and New Jersey, want to thank Carlos and NVS Audio for their contribution to keeping people safe during this pandemic. There’s no doubt that their efforts have saved lives.

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Filed Under: ARTICLES, COVID-19 Tagged With: JK Automotive Designs, New Jersey, New York, New York City, NVS Audio, PPE, Roselle

About Dave MacKinnon

Dave has worked in the mobile electronics industry since 1988 in almost every capacity, including roles as a Retail Salesperson, Installer, Sales Representative, Technical Trainer, and Product Development Manager for some of the largest car audio companies in the world. Dave started his writing career in 2000 as the Technical Editor of a Toronto-based car audio magazine and has reviewed more than 450 products. Formally trained as an Electronics Technician, Dave is considered an industry expert when it comes to explaining how mobile audio components work and has crafted thousands of articles to share that knowledge. He’s currently the Head Writer for 1sixty8 media and the Editor-in-Chief at BestCarAudio.com

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