White House Lauds GM for Quickly Starting Ventilator Output
- GM will have nearly 15,000 ventilators ready by end of June
- Swiss device maker Hamilton tapped GM’s supply chain expertise
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General Motors Co. started building ventilators needed for Covid-19 patients at a parts plant in Indiana, drawing praise from the Trump administration weeks after the president accused the automaker of dragging its feet.
GM and its partner Ventec Life Systems Inc. will deliver almost half of the 30,000 ventilators that the U.S. Health and Human Services Department has ordered by the end of June, according to a statement Tuesday. The rest will be delivered by the end of August as part of a $489 million contract.