Bosch Australia Granted $1 Million for Ventilator Testing

Bosch Australia Granted $1 Million for Ventilator Testing
The Bosch logo at the company's headquarters in Gerlingen near Stuttgart, Germany, on April 18, 2013. Thomas Kienzle/AFP via Getty Images
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Production of Australian-made medical equipment was given another boost April 21, when manufacturer Robert Bosch was awarded an AU$1 million ($632,000) contract to build testing equipment for 4,000 ventilators.

Bosch Australia Manufacturing Solutions (BAMS) was granted $1 million from a consortium led by technology commercialization company Grey Innovation. BAMS, a German company with headquarters in Clayton, Victoria, has agreed to produce testing equipment needed for invasive ventilators.