WARREN, Mich. – General Motors will begin its mass production of medical masks Monday at its Warren Transmission Plant.
Paid United Auto Workers volunteers will produce 20,000 masks by Wednesday, the automaker said. GM expects to ramp up production later on to produce up to 50,000 masks per day.
GM announced its “rapid response” project on March 31. The company said it expects to produce up to 1.5 million masks each month.
The company announced March 29 mask production would be held at the Warren plant.
General Motors ramps up to begin manufacturing Level 1 face masks Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at its Warren, Michigan manufacturing facility. Production will begin next week and within two weeks ramp up to 50,000 masks per day, with the potential to increase to 100,000 per day.. (Photo by John F. Martin for General Motors)