General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday they are close to completing production of ventilators ordered by the Trump Administration ...
DETROIT: General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday they are close to completing production of ventilators ordered by the Trump Administration this spring in response to the surge in coronavirus cases, and are ramping down or exiting the operations.
GM and medical equipment maker Ventec Life Systems are in the"home stretch" toward completing a contract to deliver 30,000 critical care ventilators by the end of August under a US$489 million contract with the federal government, the automaker said.Ford has assembled about 47,000 of the 50,000 ventilators it agreed to supply to partner General Electric Co, Ford spokeswoman Rachel McCleery said. GE has a US$336 million contract with the government.
GM has said it plans to transfer the ventilator-making operations at a factory in Kokomo, Indiana, to its partner Ventec on Sep 1. Union-represented GM workers employed at the plant will return to the automaker, and temporary workers will remain with Ventec.The automakers' efforts to build ventilators and other medical equipment were launched in a politically charged atmosphere as the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic swamped the US economy and healthcare system.
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