Carmakers and manufactures have joined the fight against coronavirus. They've ramped up production of vital healthcare produce and machines. Auto companies and suppliers around the world are ramping up production of critical healthcare products and machines - everything from cloth face masks to sophisticated ventilator systems - to meet a critical shortage of those items at hospitals and care facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. Here is a look at what some companies have announced.

1. Automakers’ Contribution
to combating Coronavirus
Ali Bromideh
MBA (Marketing), MSc. (Statistics), BSc.
(Statistics).
Social ID: @bromideh
email: Bromideh@yahoo.com

2. Introduction
• Carmakers and manufactures have joined the fight against coronavirus.
• They've ramped up production of vital healthcare produce and machines.
• Auto companies and suppliers around the world are ramping up production of
critical healthcare products and machines - everything from cloth face masks to
sophisticated ventilator systems - to meet a critical shortage of those items at
hospitals and care facilities in North America, Europe and Asia.
• Here is a look at what some companies have announced.

3. General Motors
• General Motors Co said it will partner with Washington-based Ventec Life
Systems to make ventilators at GM’s Kokomo, Indiana, electrical components
plant as soon as April, at the rate of 10,000 a month, up to 200,000 units.
• GM also will make surgical masks at its Warren, Michigan, facility, starting in
early April and ramping up to 50,000 masks a day, with the ability to double that.

4. Ford Motor
• Ford Motor Co said it would partner with GE Healthcare to expand production of
GE’s ventilators, while developing a simplified design that Ford could build at one of
its plants. Ford also said it will work with 3M Co to increase production of 3M’s
respirators, while also developing a simpler model to be built in a Ford plant.
• The automaker said it may make face shields for first responders to use with N95
respirator masks at an undisclosed Michigan plant, at a rate of up to 100,000 a
week.

5. Toyota Motor
• Toyota Motor Corp said it is finalizing deals with at least two companies to help
increase production of ventilators and respirators.
• It expects to begin mass-producing 3D-printed face shields next week, and is
seeking partners to make filters for face masks.
3D-printed face shields

6. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
• Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said it will begin making more than 1 million face masks a month, to be
distributed initially to first responders and healthcare workers in North America.
• Initial distribution will be limited to the United States, Canada and Mexico.
• FCA is currently installing the apparatus for manufacturing masks at its plant. The process is
expected to start in the coming weeks.
• Meanwhile FCA along with Ferrari is planning to boost the production of ventilators for Italy. They are
in talks with Italy’s largest ventilator manufacturer, Siare, to provide support and assistance at this
time.

7. Tesla
• Tesla Inc said it would reopen its Buffalo, New York,
solar panel plant to produce Medtronic ventilators.
• The company also said it bought 1,255 ventilators in
China and is distributing them in North America.

8. BYD
• China’s BYD Co said it had opened the world’s largest
face mask plant in China, making 5 million masks a day,
plus 300,000 bottles of disinfectant.

9. SAIC Motor
• The joint venture between SAIC Motor Corp Ltd,
GM and Wuling is converting one of its China
plants to make face masks and is building
additional machines to increase mask production.

10. GAC Motor
• GAC is converting one of its China plants to make face masks.

11. Volkswagen Group
• Volkswagen AG said it is testing 3D printers to make parts for
ventilators.

12. Mahindra & Mahindra
• Mahindra CIE Automotive Ltd said it is working with a ventilator manufacturer in India to
help simplify the design and scale up production, including at some Mahindra plants.
• Mahindra Holiday Resorts can be temporarily converted for isolating Covid-19 patients.
• Anand Mahindra also announced that he will be taking a full pay cut to help those who
have been affected in the company.

13. Mahindra & Mahindra
• Mahindra CIE Automotive Ltd said it is working with a ventilator manufacturer in India to
help simplify the design and scale up production, including at some Mahindra plants.
• Mahindra Holiday Resorts can be temporarily converted for isolating Covid-19 patients.
• Anand Mahindra also announced that he will be taking a full pay cut to help those who
have been affected in the company.

14. Mercedes-AMG
• Created in less than week, the new device has been designed to deliver oxygen
to Coronavirus sufferers without the need for a ventilator.
• Reverse-engineering existing Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) devices,
The Mercedes-AMG F1 team and University College London (UCL) device revealed
a new breathing aid designed to free up beds in intensive care. It is claimed to
feature an improved design, making it easier to manufacturer than existing
CPAPs.

15. Iran Khodro
•‫به‬‫دنبال‬‫اعالم‬‫نیاز‬‫کمبود‬‫ماسک‬‫در‬‫مبارزه‬‫با‬‫شیوع‬‫ویروس‬،‫کرونا‬‫شرکت‬‫ایران‬‫خودرو‬‫در‬
‫راستای‬‫ایفای‬‫‌های‬‫ت‬‫مسوولی‬‫اجتماعی‬،‫خود‬‫یکی‬‫از‬‫خطوط‬‫تولید‬‫شرکت‬‫مهرکام‬‫پارس‬‫از‬‫شرکت‬
‫های‬‫زیرمجموعه‬‫خود‬‫را‬‫که‬‫در‬‫تولید‬‫تجهیزات‬‫پلیمری‬‫فعال‬،‫است‬‫برای‬‫تولید‬‫ماسک‬‫بهداشتی‬
‫تجهیز‬‫کرد‬‫تا‬‫روزانه‬10‫هزار‬‫ماسک‬‫تولید‬‫و‬‫به‬‫شبکه‬‫سالمت‬‫کشور‬‫برای‬‫مبارزه‬‫با‬‫کرونا‬
‫تخصیص‬‫دهد‬.
•‫ارائه‌خدمات‌غیرحضوری‬‫ایران‌خودرو‬
•‌‫شرکت‌ایساکو‌خواست،‌در‌صورت‌نیاز‌به‌خدمات‌پس‌از‌فروش‌ضمن‌تماس‌با‌مرکز‌پاسخگویی‬
‌‫‌مند‬‫ه‬‫‌خودرو‌یا‌ثبت‌درخواست‌در‌اپلیکیشن‌ایساکو،‌از‌خدمات‌غیرحضوری‌این‌مجموعه‌بهر‬‫ن‬‫ایرا‬
‫شوند‌و‌مراجعه‌به‌نمایندگی‌را‌در‌اولویت‌آخر‌خود‌قرار‌دهند‬.

16. SAIPA
•‫‌های‬‫ت‬‫سای‬‫تولیدی‬‫ماسک‬‫بهداشتی‬‫در‬‫‌های‬‫ت‬‫شرک‬‫سایپا‬‫آذین‬‫و‬‫یکی‬‫از‬‫شرکت‬
‫های‬‫زنجیره‬‫تامین‬‫گروه‬‫خودروسازی‬‫سایپا‬‫مستقر‬‫شده‬‫و‬‫در‬‫فضایی‬‫ایزوله‬
‫با‬‫نظارت‬‫و‬‫مجوز‬‫وزارت‬،‫بهداشت‬‫درمان‬‫و‬‫آموزش‬‫پزشکی‬‫روزانه‬15‫هزار‬
‫عدد‬‫ماسک‬‫تولید‬‫خواهند‬‫کرد‬.
•‫دو‬‫شرکت‬‫مذکور‬‫که‬‫وظیفه‬‫تولید‬‫قطعات‬‫با‬‫زمینه‬‫نساجی‬‫برای‬‫محصوالت‬‫گروه‬
‫خودروسازی‬‫سایپا‬‫را‬‫برعهده‬،‫دارند‬‫بخش‬‫زیادی‬‫از‬‫ظرفیت‬‫خود‬‫را‬‫به‬‫تولید‬
‫ماسک‬‫بهداشتی‬‫اختصاص‬‫‌اند‬‫ه‬‫داد‬.
•‫ارائه‬‫خدمات‬‫غیرحضوری‬‫سایپا‬
•‌‫‌های‌مرجع‌استاندارد‬‫ه‬‫شرکت‌طیف‌سایپا‌باتوجه‌به‌برخورداری‌از‌آزمایشگا‬
‌‫و‌نیروی‌انسانی‌متخصص‌توانسته‌محصوالتی‌باکیفیت‌در‌زمینه‌ضدعفونی‌سطوح‬
‫‌مندی‌از‌استانداردهای‌الزم‌تولید‌کند‬‫ه‬‫و‌دست‌با‌بهر‬.
•‌‫گفتنی‌است‌دو‌خط‌تولید‌مواد‌ضدعفونی‌کننده‌سطوح‌و‌دست‌سایپا؛‌ظرفیت‬
‌‫تولید‌روزانه‬۶۰‌‫‌عفونی‌را‌دارند‌و‌قرار‌است‌محصوالت‌این‌خطوط‬‫د‬‫تن‌مواد‌ض‬
‫‌صورت‌رایگان‌در‌اختیار‌شبکه‌بهداشت‌و‌سالمت‌کشور‌قرار‌گیرد‬‫ه‬‫ب‬.

17. Thank You
Ali Bromideh
MBA (Marketing), MSc. (Statistics), BSc.
(Statistics).
Social ID: @bromideh
email: Bromideh@yahoo.com