Manufacturers continue to worry about parts, more lockdowns in China

EVEN as Shanghai allows more companies to restart work, much of the city continues to be in lockdown mode – and manufacturers here are still missing required parts and worrying about more lockdowns, as China continues to fight its largest outbreak of Covid-19 since the early days of the pandemic.

Griffin Group International, which makes filtration systems, has been unable to fulfil a customer's order since Shanghai went into lockdown in April.

“For some of the big systems, we need parts which are built by a German company,” said Mei Reading, co-founder and global marketing director. “They have an office in Shanghai but because of logistics issues, we haven’t been able to get the parts (we require).