Production resumes at Shanghai factories
Factories in Shanghai are returning to full production while guaranteeing the safety of employees amid the coronavirus epidemic.
Yanfeng Adient Seating Co, a joint venture established by Adient and Yanfeng, one of the largest automotive suppliers in China, for example, says most of its employees are back at work.
All the company’s factories in Shanghai have resumed operation.
By February 20, 86 percent of white collar and technical staff were eligible for work, 10 percent were at home for 14-day quarantine, while the remaining 4 percent had yet to return.
Among the plant’s workers, 84 percent were eligible for work, 1 percent were in the quarantine period, while the other 15 percent hadn’t yet returned.
The company is facing challenges in restoration of production capacity as some suppliers had not yet resumed general production, but it will be able to recover full capacity by the middle of March, according to Zang Chungao, the company’s executive vice president.
Zang said sales were only affected in the short term, and would be made up in the next few months as demand remained solid.
Zang was thankful for the city government’s support for enterprises amid the epidemic.
"The 28 measures launched recently, together with other preferential policies and actions, have helped us a lot in various aspects," Zang said. "In addition, authorities have clarified relevant information and knowledge and gave detailed explanations, enabling us to better understand the policies and measures that we can benefit from."
Yanfeng Adient Seating Co, a joint venture established by Adient and Yanfeng, one of the largest automotive suppliers in China, says most of its employees are back at work.
Siemens Healthineers, a leading medical equipment manufacturer, said their Shanghai plant had generally resumed work.
The company provides staff with hand sanitizer and face masks, and takes temperature of workers and visitors before they enter, Wang Hao, president of Siemens Healthineers in China, said.
Siemens was among the first batch of companies to support prevention and control of coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, the hardest-hit city.
It has donated 15 million yuan (US$2.13 million) worth of its medical equipment to help fight the epidemic, including computed tomography machines and mobile digital radiography equipments which can be used in diagnosing coronavirus pneumonia.
More than 6,200 Siemens employees in China have donated a total of 2.2 million yuan for prevention and control of the epidemic, with the funds raised used to buy Siemens medical equipments for hospitals in Wuhan.
Siemens Healthineers, a leading medical equipment manufacturer, said their Shanghai plant had generally resumed work. The company provides staff with hand sanitizer and face masks, and takes temperature of workers and visitors before they enter.
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Factories in Shanghai are returning to full production while guaranteeing the safety of employees amid the coronavirus epidemic.
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