Ford partnering with GE to make ventilators
Imagine if the government had gotten on this problem a month ago? Those much needed ventilators would be rolling into hospitals right now............ but drumpf was too busy calling it a hoax.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2020/03/30/ford-produce-50-000-ventilators-michigan-next-100-days-ge-healthcare/5089880002/
Ford Motor Co. will produce 50,000 ventilators in Michigan over the next three months with GE Healthcare, the Dearborn automaker said Monday.
The collaboration at the Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti will start production the week of April 20. After President Donald Trump on Friday called out Ford and General Motors Co. to move fast on making ventilators, Ford says it is helping the U.S. government meet its goal of producing 100,000 ventilators in 100 days.
Ford Motor Co. – in collaboration with GE Healthcare and Florida-based Airon Corp. – will build the Model A-E Ventilator at its
“The Ford and GE Healthcare teams, working creatively and tirelessly, have found a way to produce this vitally needed ventilator quickly and in meaningful numbers,” Ford CEO Jim Hackett said in a statement. “By producing this ventilator in Michigan, in strong partnership with the UAW, we can help health care workers save lives, and that’s our No. 1 priority.”
The initiative is in addition to the announcement it made last week with GE and the 3M Co. to boost production of their ventilators and powered air-purifying respirators. That was said to happen in the coming days and weeks.
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