In a memo to employees, the CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (NYSE: FCAU) announced that the company will soon begin producing face masks for healthcare workers at a factory in Asia.
CEO Mike Manley told FCA employees that one of the group's factories in Asia is being converted to produce masks and is targeting production of one million masks per month within weeks, according to a Reuters report.
Personal protective equipment for healthcare workers, including masks, is in critically short supply in countries that are scrambling to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.