Ferrari is making different kind of intake valves to battle Covid-19

While the manufacturing of cars in Ferrari's Maranello plant will remain suspended until 3 May 2020, they have begun producing respirator valves and fittings for protective masks to support health workers who are treating Covid-19 patients.

Ferrari has retooled its department where prototypes are usually built to produce the respirator valves and protective mask fittings.

Mares, a diving equipment manufacturer, developed the valves and tailor-made to fit their masks to assist patients suffering from respiratory failure.

Other fittings are being supplied to Solid Energy, who will use them to transform Decathlon snorkel masks into aids to protect healthcare workers exposed to infection.

The logistics of the project were handled by Nuovamacut Gruppo TeamSystem, who also helped with the research of the different companies who contributed to the success of the project.

In the coming days, Ferrari plans to manufacture several hundred items of equipment, with the coordination of the Italian Civil Protection, to various Italian hospitals including those in Bergamo, Genoa, Modena, and Sassuolo as well as to health workers in the town of Medicina, near Bologna.