housed in a former caterpillar factory, is backed by a $63 million advance purchase order from the u.s. government. all old, washington is 13spendi $1.7 billion to help american companies manufacture ppe at home. another american startup, usa gloves outside houston, was created by former importers who found it almost impossible to buy gloves from abroad. they don t have any government investment yet, but once the machines are up and running next month, they hope to turn a profit from private sales, even with higher prices than asian brands. hospitals and clinics and even end users are willing to pay that slight premium. so we re prepared for a future pandemic. reporter: experts say it is saenld for the u.s. to make more