DALLAS, Oct. 5, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BeaconEquity.com announces an investment report featuring Alpha Pro Tech Ltd. (AMEX:APT). The report includes financial and investment analysis and pertinent industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.
The investment report on Alpha Pro Tech Ltd. (AMEX:APT) should be of particular interest to comparable companies: Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE:KMB), 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE:CAH).
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Alpha Pro Tech Inc. (APT) engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of innovative disposable and limited-use protective apparel products for the industrial, clean room, medical and dental markets. The Company's products are grouped into three business segments: The Disposable Protective Apparel segment, the Building Supply segment and the Infection Control segment. The Company sells its products under the "Alpha Pro Tech" brand name and under a private label.
In the report, the analyst notes:
"Responding to a rise in demand, APT is ramping up production of its N95 respirator masks as the threat of the global H1N1 influenza continues to rise. The Company previously announced that it will triple N-95 respirator mask production starting in the beginning of the fourth quarter 2009, which begins October 1, 2009. . In the report, APT CEO Al Millar stated that the Company expects sales to continue to be much stronger than normal for the foreseeable future.
"Swine flu fears were further bolstered when the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on September 18 that the previously forecast annual swine flu vaccine production of 4.9 billion doses will be much lower than expected, though major pharmaceutical companies have shown that H1N1 vaccines are effective in one dose rather than the previously anticipated two-dose regimen."
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