Toyota Teams Up With Nihon Kohden to Boost Ventilator Production
- Goal is to deliver 1,000 ventilators in the next six months
- Nissan considering work with medical company on ventilators
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Nihon Kohden Corp. will ramp up ventilator production by working with Toyota Motor Corp. to prepare for the possibility of a wider coronavirus outbreak in Japan, which has so far avoided spikes in infections seen in the U.S. and Europe.
The medical-equipment maker plans to deliver 1,000 ventilators in the next six months by boosting output fivefold, a spokeswoman said Thursday. Nihon Kohden makes mask-type ventilators domestically, while those to intubate patients are produced in California.