Dear valued customer,
In the course of the worldwide outbreak of the novel coronavirus and the increasingly sharp reactions of governments and authorities, CONSTAB Polyolefin Additives continues to follow the daily developments very closely in order to identify, assess and mitigate risks both for our production at the Rüthen site and for our supply and delivery chains.
At this point we would like to point out repeatedly that we still do not observe any direct restrictions for our product portfolio caused by the coronavirus such as a raw material shortage. The efforts of our procurement team to specifically increase the stock of essential raw materials have been successful so far and currently provide us with the opportunity to react flexibly to your demand. In addition, the continuous contact to our suppliers remains of course.
Unfortunately, the noticeable impacts on international transportation routes are increasing. Along with the already restricted container traffic, especially towards Asia, and price adjustments executed by all shipowners, we check closely and on a daily basis with our forwarding agents to which extent and at which restrictions cross-border goods traffic stays possible. Nevertheless, the enormous dynamics of the current situation do not permit solid, medium-term forecasts.
Also, the focus is still on measures that we implement at our site in Rüthen to counteract the possible spread of the virus. Our loading staff works with protective clothing and puts incoming raw materials from possible infection areas in quarantine. Our area sales managers have stopped their travel activities until further notice and foreign holiday returnees work remotely from home offices for a reasonable period of time. Finally, all employees have again been sensitized to general rules of conduct and disinfection.
What you can see from the above mentioned measures is that CONSTAB Polyolefin Additives GmbH’s main target is to continue to reliably supply you with our products.
We stay at your disposal to answer any further question and will inform you once we observe changes to the status quo.
Thank you for your trust in CONSTAB.