Family-owned Fieldtex Products, the Rochester company behind e-First Aid Supplies, has been making and distributing medical products since 1973. Its 86,000-square-foot operation supports customers ranging from schools to emergency responders, with an online business that has shipped from Rochester since 2002.
Fieldtex Products IncSince 1973, family-owned Fieldtex Products has grown from a six-person tent and awning shop into a Rochester, New York, contract manufacturer of sewn medical and military goods, with medical-supplies fulfillment and OTC benefit services alongside its sewing division. The company operates from an 86,000-square-foot facility with more than 200 employees, including an in-house design team and over 125 sewing machines. Sanford Abbey’s son Jonathan took over in 2019, continuing the family’s ownership of a business that has steadily expanded from carrying cases into healthcare and government-focused manufacturing.ROCHESTER, NY
Complete Medical SuppliesEstablished in 1988, Complete Medical Supplies is a Middletown, New York company known for combining its own Blue Jay™ manufacturing operation with broad healthcare distribution. It serves professional and reseller customers, including medical-product distributors and physical therapy organizations, with products shipped across the United States and to more than 40 countries.SUFFERN, NY
Charm-TexFamily-owned Charm-Tex grew from a healthcare-textile business founded more than 40 years ago into a manufacturer serving correctional facilities across the country. Based in New York with its warehouse in Ayden, North Carolina, the company is known for carrying the service-minded approach of a family operation into work shaped by direct feedback from facility staff and end users.BROOKLYN, NY
Ferno-Washington, IncSince 1955, family-owned Ferno-Washington has manufactured emergency-care equipment that helps medics transport and protect patients. Founded by Dick Ferneau in Ohio and headquartered in Wilmington since 1972, the company grew from mortuary cots into an international manufacturer serving more than 100 countries. Its history includes pioneering innovations such as the Model 30 X-Frame Cot and today’s POWER X1 and iNX patient-transport systems.WILMINGTON, OH