Ford Motor Company announced that it is ramping up new initiatives to help protect people from COVID-19, including mask development. Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford designed a patent-pending, clear respirator in the hopes of benefitting those with hearing impairments. It expects the respirator to certify to N95 standards of virus protection. The transparent, low-cost, reusable respirators allow […]
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3M, Ford to begin shipping respirators to COVID-19 first responders
3M (NYSE:MMM) and Ford Motor Company announced today that they have begun shipping 10,000 of the jointly developed powered air-purifying respirators (PAPRs) to healthcare workers fighting COVID-19. Production began April 13 at Ford’s Vreeland facility near Flat Rock, Mich., after 40 days of development, according to 3M. 3M said it will sell and distribute the PAPRs […]
HHS to pay $336m to GE, Ford for ventilators
The U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that it awarded a new $336 million contract to General Electric (NYSE:GE), in partnership with Ford, for ventilator production under the Defense Production Act. Under the contract, GE and Ford are slated to produce 50,000 ventilators by July 13, following President Donald Trump’s April 2 […]
Ford to start production of new powered air-purifying respirator to fight coronavirus
Ford Motor Co. said production will start tomorrow on a new powered air-purifying respirator created with design and testing consultation from 3M (NYSE:MMM). Roughly 90 paid United Auto Workers volunteers will assemble respirators at Ford’s Vreeland facility near Flat Rock, Mich. The operation will have the ability to churn out more than 100,000 of the respirators, […]
Trump uses DPA to boost supplies to certain ventilator manufacturers
President Donald Trump yesterday invoked the Defense Production Act to reduce supply-chain problems for certain manufacturers to produce ventilators. In the executive order, the president gave the secretaries of the departments of Health & Human Services and Homeland Security the power to secure materials for General Electric (NYSE:GE), Hillrom (NYSE:HRC) , Medtronic (NYSE:MDT), ResMed (NYSE:RMD), Philips (NYSE:PHG) and Vyaire Medical. Ventilator […]
Ford partners with GE Healthcare to make 50k ventilators in 100 days
Ford Motor Company this week said it will start producing 50,000 ventilators in 100 days at its Michigan plant, and 30,000 a month thereafter as needed. GE Healthcare is slated to provide clinical expertise to Ford and will license the ventilator design from Airon. GE Healthcare recommended the Airon design to Ford as the company […]