We will ramp-up in incremental steps during the following weeks. We are starting this week on a small scale to test the new measures efficacy. We closed manufacturing until April 6 in order to reorganize for our employees safety, we refined our crisis organization to manage the multiple issues arising from this unprecedented event.ĭuring these 2 weeks, Minitubes has implemented significant changes :work-from-home and at-work social distancing has been organized, we have prepared for progressive manufacturing resumption under new conditions for the confinement period. We are very deeply aware of our responsibility to continue supplying our customers during this perturbed period. Please get in touch with your usual contacts to best deal with your urgent requirements.
Our dearest wish is to satisfy your requirements, but we are facing an exceptional situation and we regret any problem that may impact your activity. We are prioritizing activity according to a set of criteria: medical business first, criticality, resource requirements, personnel and supply chain issues, etc.
While actively searching for further capacity increase solutions, we anticipate a significant under-capacity period. Then, distancing measures will limit the employees number to roughly half of the pre-crisis level, despite running 3 shifts.Short term, we call people back incrementally along April, to train them and to sustain security with progressively increasing headcounts.These transformations unfortunately negatively impact our capacity: Minitubes has implemented deep changes to its factory and work organization so that our employees are and feel safe. Minitubes manufacturing has resumed on April 6, initially on a small scale to validate the safety measures efficacy. We thus remain at your disposal for any queries or concerns. We understand that communication with our partners is paramount in these special times. To conclude, our delivery plans to you are not affected, we continue to operate 24 X 7 and we have started our factory expansion that is also allowed to continue under the current lockdown rules. It aims at reducing the number of daily contamination from more than 40 000 down to less than 5 000. Our people are better equipped to and better trained at working remotely.Īs per the modalities of the lock down, the government has given a tentative 4 weeks duration with a review in two weeks’ time.As such we believe our people safe and importantly most of our people feel so. We have had no case of contamination within Minitubes premise. We have put in place a set of rules and have adapted working station to insure social distancing.On top of that we have spent the past few months preparing for the eventuality of a second lock down: This may impact our efficiencies on some project work, but not on our production capacity. People who can work remotely are extremely encouraged to do so.We won’t face this issue this time around. During the first lockdown we suffered from a high absenteeism of our staff with kids. This lockdown maintain schools opened.The French President has explicitly mentioned that the industries/factories have to keep running. This lockdown allows economic activity to keep going.Let me share a few details on the second French Lockdown and how it sometime differs from the first one: We understand our duty as supplier for the medical industry and have organized ourselves to keep the factory running while assuring the security of our staff. Let me start by reassuring you that Minitubes activity will be maintained in its integrality. You may have heard that France entered today its second national lockdown.
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