The Gerson Company

The Gerson Company is a privately held U.S. manufacturer of respiratory protective equipment and related industrial consumables. Founded in 1956, the company is best known for N95, N99, R95, and P100 respirators, reusable half-mask and full-face respirators, cartridges and filters, as well as paint strainers and tack cloths. Gerson describes itself as a vertically integrated manufacturer, producing filtering facepiece respirators in Middleborough, Massachusetts and using company-designed equipment and proprietary melt-blown filtration media. Its products are marketed for industrial, painting, welding, dust, silica, mold, and healthcare-related respiratory protection applications, with certain respirators carrying NIOSH and/or FDA approvals. The business appears to be a commercial-stage medtech/PPE manufacturer rather than a drug-development biotech or pharmaceutical company.