COVID-19 hit, cranking out aquariums and display cases inside the structure provided for an OK living. But the pandemic has meant a new surge in business.“I got three or four requests for sneeze guards overnight and it was like boom,” said Blaine Lantz, the owner of Toronto Plastic.For Lantz, he said it wasn’t an easy transition from fish tanks to life-saving equipment.
There were missteps like plastics that would crack and send him back to the drawing board. Grocery chains install checkout shields, raise wages in response to coronavirus pandemic But following the shutdown of businesses in Ontario because of the coronavirus, the orders kept coming.