Alliance Plastics, CVTC work to protect workers, patrons

13 Nov 2020

Chippewa County, News

CHIPPEWA FALLS — Anyone going out and about in the Chippewa Valley is sure to encounter the changes at any counter, from banks to convenience stores and supermarkets. In the age of COVID-19, plastic barriers have been installed to shield clerks from patrons in an effort to slow the virus’s spread.

And a Chippewa Falls company is taking the lead in supplying the equipment to set up the protective measures.

“It started with a national news story on kids in some nation overseas sitting in green boxes looking through clear plastic windows at their desks in school,” said David Goldbach, general manager at Alliance Plastics. “I thought, why not make the whole thing clear? Who wants to sit in a little box with one window?”

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