Three employees confirmed positive, Chicony Electronics Suzhou Factory stopped production from April 15

According to a report by Taiwan Business Times on April 15, three employees of Chipson's Suzhou factory were diagnosed with COVID-19. Chipson said that in order to cooperate with the local government's epidemic prevention and control policy, some factories in Suzhou have been shut down since April 15. The shutdown is expected to last for 1 to 2 weeks. All employees in the factory will be tested and relevant isolation measures will be taken to ensure the safety and health of employees.

In terms of the impact on operations, Chicony stated that some of the idle factories in Suzhou account for 14% of Chicony's production capacity. The idle production capacity will be transferred to factories in Qingxi, Dongguan, Liaobu, Tongjin, Chongqing, Nanchang and other places and the new factory in Thailand. It is currently assessed that the impact on financial business is not significant.

According to the data, Chiplight Electronics Co., Ltd. is engaged in computer system-related industries, mainly producing keyboards, cameras, power supplies, ADSL and other products, among which keyboard production and sales rank first in the world. Its main customers include DELL, IBM, HP, ASUS, SAMSUNG, NEC, YOKOGAWA, SONY, Logitech, Microsoft, Panasonic, Tsinghua Tongfang and other world-renowned companies.