Alpha Solway has launched a new manufacturing facility following a £4.8m investment.
The PPE manufacturer received backing from South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE), enabling it to create its own raw materials on-site and deliver new jobs.
The company has now started production of meltblown polypropylene, the virus filtering material used in its FFP2 and IIR facemasks, at a newly-built factory in Dumfries.