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Norwich-based sound engineer and tour manager, Dylan Barber, said music stores like PMT were "paramount" in helping him get into the music industry.

Mark Hedges of Cookes Band Instruments in St Benedicts St said while his own business was thriving, he was "sorry" to see PMT close.

"We have two that we are going to announce ... in 2023," said Jose Fernandes, the region's president for Honeywell PMT, which supports companies in converting vegetable oil and fats into SAF.

Pavan Thimmaiah, the director of PMT House of Dance in Manhattan, reopened his studio with precautions in place — like limited class sizes, a mask requirement and high-quality air filters — as soon as the city’s Phase 4 of reopening began in late July.

Larry Kronick, the president of PMT Partners, a Florida company that sells a simple breathing machine already used by the military and ambulance crews, said he had 1,000 of his Oxylator respirators ready to go, but buyers have been scarce.