GM, Ventec Life Systems deliver 30,000 ventilators to US government
Coronavirus chronicle
01 September, 2020, 06:10 pm
Last modified: 01 September, 2020, 06:14 pm
The deliveries were under a $489 million contract from the US Health and Human Services Department
The first production ventilators are seen at the General Motors Kokomo manufacturing facility in response to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Kokomo, Indiana, US April 13, 2020. AJ Mast/General Motors/Handout via REUTERS.
General Motors Co and medical equipment maker Ventec Life Systems have delivered 30,000 ventilators to the US government during the Covid-19 pandemic, the automaker said on Tuesday.
The deliveries were under a $489 million contract from the US Health and Human Services Department.
GM said it has handed over operational control of its Kokomo, Indiana facility to Ventec to make ventilators.
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