The recession has turned out to be a plus for a local company,
PortaBrace has been making gear bags for people like us: the media, but when the recession hit, marketing director Chris Miceli said orders for media bags slowed, but gave the company a chance to work on another project: EMT bags. Miceli says many of PortaBrace's employees are in fact, EMTs who pushed the company to make the bags. He says the EMTs helped design the bags since they knew what they needed. So now, MediBrace is making EMT backpacks, and bags for basic and advance life support, and will make several others in the future. And Miceli indicates they will continue making bags for reporter gear as well.
PortaBrace has been making gear bags for people like us: the media, but when the recession hit, marketing director Chris Miceli said orders for media bags slowed, but gave the company a chance to work on another project: EMT bags. Miceli says many of PortaBrace's employees are in fact, EMTs who pushed the company to make the bags. He says the EMTs helped design the bags since they knew what they needed. So now, MediBrace is making EMT backpacks, and bags for basic and advance life support, and will make several others in the future. And Miceli indicates they will continue making bags for reporter gear as well.
