By Jessica Sier 
 

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is working with an Italian ventilator manufacturer on how it can help increase daily ventilator production using the auto manufacturer's facilities, the company confirmed Friday.

Based in northern Italy, the epicenter of the European virus outbreak, Fiat Chrysler and Siare Engineering are evaluating how to share production processes and methods, as the Italian Government expands the number of intensive care beds.

Manufacturers across the world are assisting governments with medical equipment production as the coronavirus death toll rises and hospitals struggle to prepare for incoming patients.

General Motors Co. and Ford Motors Co. are in discussions with the U.S. Government on how their factories could be of assistance.

Fiat Chrysler has suspended almost all car production in Europe and North America in a bid to protect workers from the spread of coronavirus and as global supply chains grind to a halt.

 

Write to Jessica Sier at jessica.sier@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

March 20, 2020 10:17 ET (14:17 GMT)

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