COVID-19: ZOLL increases production of respirators: 25x, 10,000 units / month
March 25, 2020
Asahi Kasei: ZOLL
Asahi Kasei will increase production of its subsidiary ZOLL Medical Corp to meet the demand for respirators due to the spread of COVID-19 infection.
We will inform you that we have decided to increase the production to 10,000 units / month, which is about 25 times the current number.
Press Release | Asahi Kasei Corporation
https://www.asahi-kasei.co.jp/asahi/jp/news/2019/ze200325.html
ZOLL Executing a Plan to Build 10,000 Ventilators/Month in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
March 23, 2020 —
CHELMSFORD, MASS. —
ZOLL® Medical Corporation,
an Asahi Kasei Group company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions, is taking aggressive steps to increase manufacturing capacity to 10,000 ventilators per month in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This represents almost a 25-fold expansion from recent production volumes.
The company has reached out to its supply base, most of which is in the United States, to enlist their support in meeting this demand.
ZOLL Medical
Asahi Kasei Unit to Increase Ventilator Production
Tokyo, March 25 (Jiji Press)–
Japanese chemical maker Asahi Kasei Corp. <3407> said Wednesday that a U.S. unit will increase ventilator production in response to rising demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Massachusetts-based unit,
Zoll Medical Corp.,
aims to increase production to 10,000 units per month, almost a 25-fold expansion from recent volumes.
JIJI PRESS