General Electric Healthcare (NYSE:GE) this week announced that it is doubling its production capacity for ventilators and expanding its Madison, Wisconsin, production line to 24-hour operation.
In a report on GE’s website, the company shared that it has doubled its capacity of ventilator production with plans to double it again by the end of the second quarter. GE volunteers from other locations have been coming to Madison facility to learn about assembling and testing the machines, the company said. Volunteers are helping assemble the ventilator engines, valves, circuit boards, tubing and fittings before loading software.