Two South Carolina companies — ZVerse and Phoenix Specialty Manufacturing — jumped into action to meet the needs of the response to the coronavirus, manufacturing vital pieces of equipment at a time when they were urgently needed and unlikely to be easily available for import.
In doing so, they played key roles as the country rushed to provide the medical supplies needed to protect the lives of the sick and their caregivers.
In Columbia, ZVerse began March as a company that helped manufacturers by creating more effective computer files for their production processes. It had the capability to do some 3D printing but did not usually do manufacturing.