General Motors Co. gm said Tuesday it expects to deliver the first 20,00 face masks on April 8 to front line workers. The auto maker said in response to the face-mask shortage as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was able to produce the first sample mask just under seven days--six days, 23 hours and 30 minutes--after it launched on March 20 a "rapid-response" project to produce masks at scale. "Because we wanted to move fast, the team set an incredibly aggressive goal: To have the production line up and running tests within a week," said GM Vice President Peter Thom. GM expects to be able to produce 50,000 masks a day once the production line is running at full speed. The company used the Class 8-equivalent facility in Warren, Michigan, and collaborated with JR Automation in Holland, Michigan and Esys Automation in Auburn Hills to design and build the machinery. GM's stock, which fell 0.9% in premarket trading, has lost 41.8% over the past three months, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average djia has declined 21.8%.
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