Ford/Tesla cooperates with medical enterprises to produce ventilators.
There is a shortage of ventilators in the United States at present. There are less than 6,000 in New York, but the demand is at least 30,000. This data may continue to increase with the aggravation of the epidemic. At present, Ford Motor Company has announced its cooperation with GE, and plans to produce 50,000 ventilators in the next 65,438+000 days. It is estimated that10.5 million sets of ventilators will be produced by the end of April,10.2 million sets by the end of May and 50,000 sets by July 4.
Not long ago, Musk also made remarks that despised the epidemic. However, the epidemic in the United States came too fast. To this end, Musk had to take back what he had said before and use the extra ventilator owned by Tesla for free. At the same time, medical equipment manufacturer Medtronic? Plc) has cooperated with Tesla, which will soon start producing ventilators in fremont, California. Perhaps this series of measures can calm some public opinion for Musk's previous remarks.
Lamborghini produces masks, and the collection value is higher than the practical value.
No one would have thought that ultra-luxury brands would join the army of epidemic prevention materials production, while Italy's Lamborghini did, which is also related to the current serious epidemic situation in Italy. Recently, Lamborghini will transform some departments of the Super Run production base to produce medical surgical masks and plexiglass protective masks.
Let's take a look at Lamborghini's masks, which are indeed much more exquisite than ordinary medical masks. After all, they are all ultra-luxury brands, with enough materials, but the output is a bit poor, producing 1000 pieces a day. After the epidemic, Lamborghini's masks are still very collectible. After all, it is estimated that such an exquisite medical mask will not be produced by a second company.
Toyota helps American hospitals cross national borders.
Toyota has reached an agreement with medical equipment manufacturers to help them increase production. Toyota Motor Corporation said that it will start mass production of masks in early April, and supply them to hospitals near factories in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Texas. On March 26th, Toyota has extended the shutdown time of its North American factory by two weeks. Toyota said that because the factory is idle, Toyota hopes to use its expertise and technology to help provide medical supplies and equipment needed by hospitals to cope with the COVID-19 epidemic crisis.
In fact, many car companies have idle production lines to mass-produce medical materials after shutdown. Car companies are generally large in scale and have considerable productivity, so the joining of car companies can greatly alleviate the current material shortage.
Magna Seat Factory, a component supplier, increased production.
Magna, as the world's largest supplier of automobile manufacturing services and parts, has started to produce masks in some factories in North America and Europe, the two hardest hit areas. Because Magna owns a seat factory, and the seat factory has a large-scale cutting and sewing production line, it is justified to turn into a mask to support the hospital.
Magna factories in Russia, Serbia and Czech Republic can now produce 5 1000 masks every day. In Mexico, Magna's cutting and sewing factory can produce 2000 masks every day, and the goal of this team is to reach the same production level as the European team. In addition, Magna also used its own global procurement resources to raise a large number of masks. For example, it raised 565,438+00,000 KN95 masks from China and donated them to many hospitals in North America. Magna's powertrain team in China collected 30,000 KN95 masks and shipped them to Italy.
Do you have Dior hand sanitizer?
Although LVMH Group does not directly produce masks, its perfume production line can directly produce alcohol-containing absorbent. Dior, Givenchy and Guerlain will produce alcohol-containing disinfectant hand sanitizer, and in the first week, it will produce 12 ton hand sanitizer to alleviate the shortage of hand sanitizer in France.
Another luxury goods giant owned by Kaiyun, Balenciaga and Saint Laurent, also started mass production of masks. In fact, these traditional clothing industries have complete cutting and sewing production lines, and they can be transformed into mask manufacturers immediately with some simple special equipment for producing masks, which can really be promoted in Europe with many clothing groups.
LVHM Group also ordered 40 million masks from China, all of which were provided free of charge to individuals and enterprises in need. The first order of * * *100000 masks will be delivered in the next few days, with a value of 5 million euros (about 38 million RMB). After that, the mask will be delivered to the French health service center next week and distributed to those in need. The remaining orders will be delivered in the next few weeks.
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Many car companies have many considerations in the production of epidemic prevention materials. First, they can naturally reflect their sense of social responsibility, which can not only help the country tide over the difficulties, but also establish a better brand image in the hearts of consumers and get wider recognition. Secondly, I also hope to contribute to the fight against the epidemic through my own strength, because the shutdown that has happened will cause these enterprises to receive huge losses. The sooner the epidemic is controlled, the sooner they can resume work and reduce their own losses. So why not use the existing idle production line to produce epidemic prevention materials?
No matter for what purpose, the production of epidemic prevention materials is worthy of our praise. Resolutely standing up to help the country tide over the difficulties when the people need it is also the highest embodiment of the sense of responsibility of these large enterprises.
This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.