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  • Arctic donates intensive care mechanical ventilators to hospitals in Romania

    Arctic donates intensive care mechanical ventilators to hospitals in Romania

    Arctic donates mechanical ventilators to hospitals in Dambovita county, aiming to offer continuous support to the medical teams in the fight against the crisis generated by the coronavirus.

    Arçelik, the mother company of Arctic, produced 5.000 life-saving mechanical ventilators on a not-for-profit basis to meet domestic and international demand, of which 2.660 have been sent to 21 countries including some of the hardest hit such as Brazil.

    The devices have also been sent to Somalia, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, UAE, Chad, Dagestan, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Colombia, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Romania, Syria, Sudan, Morocco and Iraq.

    The ventilators were manufactured at Arçelik’s Çerkezköy electronics factory, which is equipped with the latest digital technologies.

  • Arçelik completes production of 5.000 mechanical ventilators

    Arçelik completes production of 5.000 mechanical ventilators

    Turkish company Arçelik, which owns Beko and Grundig, has completed production of 5.000 mechanical ventilators.

    300 devices a day were manufactured at its Çerkezköy electronics facility on a not-for-profit basis to meet domestic and international demand.

    2.866 of these ventilators have been sent to 14 countries including some of the hardest hit countries, such as Brazil, which reported a record number of infections in a single day, and Somalia, which had no ventilators in April.

    The devices have also been sent to Chad, Nigeria, Niger, Azerbaijan, Libya, UAE, Uzbekistan, Dagestan, Syria, Afghanistan, Romania and Bangladesh.

    Hakan Bulgurlu, CEO of Arçelik, says: “At Arçelik we want to be part of the solution; working collectively with businesses and governments to fight COVID-19 globally and shape a more sustainable future on the other side.”