ZURICH: On Mar 6, Gianluca Preziosa, the head of an Italian ventilator maker, received an urgent request. The Italian authorities wanted his help for an all-out effort to meet a desperate need for ventilators.
Ventilator makers are under pressure to sharply increase production even as the pandemic has disrupted the transport and supply of crucial parts, such as hoses, valves, motors and electronics – some of which come from China, the original epicentre of the outbreak that has killed more than 10,000 people across the globe.
One of the world’s largest makers of ventilators, Swiss-based Hamilton Medical AG, expects to increase production to about 21,000 ventilators this year, up from 15,000 last year by deploying marketing staff on the production line, among other measures. But with many more orders than it can fulfill, the company faces difficult decisions on where to send them.
FILE PHOTO: Andreas Wieland, CEO of Hamilton Medical AG is seen in front of a plant in Domat/Ems, Switzerland March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann The Italian government has also purchased nearly 4,000 of the 5,000 units of ventilating and other equipment it tendered for earlier this month. Britain’s health minister has said the country needs “as many ventilators as we can get our hands on".
In China, medical device manufacturer Beijing Aeonmed relies on imports from countries including Switzerland, the United States and Netherlands for key components such as valves and turbines to make ventilators, said purchasing director Wang Xue. In Britain, the government has turned to other manufacturers. McLaren Group Ltd, a conglomerate that includes a sports-car maker, is looking at how to design a simple version of a ventilator. Nissan Motor Co, is working with others to support existing ventilator producers.On Friday, Britain said engineering companies had come up with an emergency ventilator prototype that could be approved next week.
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