Local nonprofit IFB Solutions, the largest employer of people who are blind or visually impaired in the country, has started production on 10,000 masks for the U.S. Air Force at its Winston-Salem facility. IFB, which already makes a variety of apparel products for the government, including apparel, mattresses and office supplies, quickly ramped up a mask production line and employee training. The following media outlets have more on the story.

WXII
https://www.wxii12.com/article/winston-salems-ifb-solutions-to-make-10k-face-masks-for-air-force/32369882

Triad Business Journal
https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2020/05/04/triad-nonprofit-wins-air-force-mask-contract.html?iana=hpmvp_triad_news_headline

Winston-Salem Chronicle
https://wschronicle.com/2020/05/ifb-solutions-to-make-10000-masks-for-u-s-air-force/

WRAL-TV and WRAL TechWire
https://www.wraltechwire.com/2020/05/06/durhams-lci-delivering-up-to-576000-face-masks-to-the-us-air-force/

Carolina Health News (scroll down thru May 6 highlights to get to story)
https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2020/05/06/coronavirus-today-may-6/

Triangle Business Journal (subscriber-only access)
https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2020/05/06/durham-nonprofit-will-supply-the-us-air-force-with.html

MSN.com
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/winston-salems-ifb-solutions-to-make-10k-face-masks-for-air-force/ar-BB13AY3B

News Break
https://www.newsbreak.com/north-carolina/durham/news/0OynA1O2/durhams-lci-delivering-up-to-576000-face-masks-to-the-us-air-force
https://www.newsbreak.com/north-carolina/winston-salem/news/0OxYJDZm/winston-salems-ifb-solutions-to-make-10k-face-masks-for-air-force

AirforceTechnology.com
https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/covid-19-ifb-solutions-masks-usaf/

American Security Today
https://americansecuritytoday.com/lci-non-profits-to-produce-ppe-equipment-for-u-s-air-force/