Report: GM Eyeing Kokomo for Ventilator Production

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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowGeneral Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) is considering the possibility of building ventilators at its facility in Kokomo, according to a report from Reuters. The report says the automaker is looking to produce the ventilators through a partnership with Washington-based Ventec Life Systems.
Citing sources familiar with the project, Reuters reports the goal of the effort would be to build up to 200,000 ventilators.
“Ventec Life Systems and General Motors have been working around the clock to implement plans to build more critical care ventilators,” GM spokesman Dan Flores told Reuters. “With GM’s support, Ventec is now planning exponentially higher ventilator production as fast as possible. As part of those efforts, GM is exploring the feasibility to build ventilators for Ventec at a GM facility in Kokomo, Indiana.”
A potential time frame for production to begin in Kokomo is not known.
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