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    How His Small Factory Got Drafted Into Crafting A Key Component For Ventilators

    Todd Olson is CEO of a Minneapolis manufacturer that played a key role in a project to help General Motors make ventilators for the pandemic. He calls the effort "our biggest moment."
    by Kenny Malone May 20, 2020 1 minute
    Todd Olson's company, Twin City Die Castings, played a key role in an urgent project to help General Motors make ventilators for the coronavirus effort.

    One Friday in March, Todd Olson was suddenly pulled into a life-or-death project.

    General Motors Co. asked Olson, CEO of Twin City Die Castings in Minneapolis: Could he help make tiny pistons? The giant carmaker was committed

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