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We established a COVID-19 committee at the start of 2020 and are taking appropriate precautions and being proactive in our approach.
Chemicals as an essential industry
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Over two-thirds of our global employees are homeworking, where we have taken measures to reduce staffing levels to only business-critical employees and those essential to running our plants and shipping products. Our
Return to site preparedness
During April we reopened our AITC offices in
Customers
Overall our employees, including those customer-facing, remain contactable as normal by phone and email in home offices, ready to serve customers.
Our raw material and finished goods stocks remain appropriate at the current time for our customers, with global warehouses able to supplement our production. Nearly 100% of our customer deliveries have been on time in full (OTIF) since the onset of COVID-19.
Communities
Financial position
Our financial position remains robust, with healthy cash generation and available borrowing facilities. We have continued to stress-test a range of scenarios in the event of trading worsening. Details can be found within the Investor section of this website as part of our half and full year reports.
We are safeguarding production and our supply chain by asking staff to work from home and reducing staffing levels to only business-critical employees and those essential to running our plants and shipping products, or key development work, or by segregating members of our operations and supply chain team accordingly Our employees, including those customer-facing, remain contactable as normal by phone and email in home offices, ready to serve customers.
Contact:
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