As hospital capacities are being expanded to face the increasing number of COVID-19 patients, the demand for medical air compressors, vacuum systems, and medical gas pipeline is increasing as well. As a medical gas equipment manufacturer, Powerex is part of a critical infrastructure industry designated by the Department of Homeland Security; since Busch Vacuum Solutions is a key supply partner for Powerex, they are deemed critical infrastructure as well.
Medical air compressors and vacuum systems are required to operate ventilators, which are being used to treat patients suffering from COVID-19. To prepare for the spike in severe COVID-19 cases, both federal and state emergency management organizations have deployed mobile ICU trailers with ventilators, delivering greatly needed capacity to the areas hardest hit by the pandemic. One of the largest mobile ICU trailer projects has tasked Powerex to supply them all of the medical gas equipment in an accelerated timeframe.