Draegerwerk builds U.S. plant to fill respirator mask order

Draegerwerk AG & Co KGaA

31/03/2020 15:03

FRANKFURT, March 31 (Reuters) - German medical equipment
maker Draegerwerk  DRWG_p.DE  said it would build a production
site on the U.S. east coast to fill a government order for
N95-type respirator masks, a key piece of protective equipment
for healthcare workers battling the coronavirus outbreak.
    The company, which is also working to fill a mass order of
ventilators for the German government, said in a statement on
Tuesday it agreed to deliver a "high double-digit" million
amount of the masks to the U.S. Department of Health over the
next 18 months.
    The dedicated U.S. production facility that it will now
establish should start production in September, it added.

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