Ford Working With 3M, GE to Produce Medical Supplies
March 24 2020 - 9:05AM
Dow Jones News
By Micah Maidenberg
Ford Motor Co. is working with 3M Co. to produce respirators and
with General Electric Co. to make ventilators to help combat the
coronavirus pandemic.
Employees at the car maker and 3M are working to boost
manufacturing of 3M's respirators, the companies said Tuesday. 3M's
respirators use a waist-mounted, battery-powered blower to send
filtered air into a hood, providing respiratory protection for
those wearing it, according to the St. Paul, Minn.-based
manufacturer.
The companies are also working to develop a new respirator,
which could be produced in a Ford plant, the car maker said.
Separately, GE's health-care unit and Ford are working to expand
production of a simplified version of a GE ventilator that could
help patients with respiratory problems tied to Covid-19, the
disease caused by the coronavirus, the companies said.
Ford also said Tuesday one of its design teams is developing
face shields for medical workers, 1,000 of which will be tested
this week at hospital systems in the Detroit area. It expects to
make about 75,000 of the shields this week at a factory in
Plymouth, Mich.
The car company said it is also developing disposable
respirators for health-care workers and expects to initially
produce 1,000 of them a month once they are approved by health
officials.
Write to Micah Maidenberg at micah.maidenberg@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 24, 2020 08:50 ET (12:50 GMT)
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