Coronavirus Causes Delays in Business

The coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China is now starting to impact business continuity here in the US.

With a lot of electronic, optical and mechanical manufacturing located in China, we are now starting to feel the impact of the Coronavirus outbreak in our business. Over the past couple of weeks, we have received notice from several of our vendors, that lead times are being impacted. This is true for companies located in the US as well as Europe, as some components are being manufactured in China.

Several Chinese manufacturing sites have simply closed down for the time being in light of the virus outbreak. Based on the current trends, we expect this impact to worsen over the coming weeks. The situation is very fluid and we are keeping a close eye on how things are developing.

We have seen lead times stretching an additional 2-4 weeks for items that are not in stock. We advise our customers to adjust their project planning to account for these additional delays and place their orders sooner.

Thermal camera lead time is additionally affected due to companies abroad installing system to screen for people with elevated body temperatures.

Please check back with us, even for orders that have been placed already. We will do our best to provide you with updates as soon as these become available.

We apologize for any inconvenience and will work closely with our vendors to make the best of this situation.

Thank You for your understanding!

Markus Tarin, President & CEO, MoviTHERM