Foxconn facility might be used to make ventilators amid COVID-19 pandemic
12 Apr 2020
MOUNT PLEASANT — Medtronic, a Minnesota-based medical device company, may start using Foxconn’s Mount Pleasant facilities to manufacture ventilators to help fill in shortages amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Medtronic’s CEO, Omar Ishrak, told CNBC on Monday that “we are doing everything we can working 24/7 with Foxconn to bring this up to the factory in Wisconsin.”
“The medical and technical experts from both our companies (Medtronic and Foxconn) are working closely to fast-track the research and development and production processes so additional ventilators can be quickly produced to fight the current global pandemic,” a statement from the Foxconn Technology Group said.
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