Our top priority continues to be the highest possible protection of health not only of our own employees, but also that of our contact partners outside the M&C Group and its facilities. We also want to ensure that M&C maintains its operational capability and remains constantly available for its business partners.

We have adapted the protective measures of the early months of 2020 to the latest stage of knowledge, e.g. with extended home office operations or a modified group structure of the workforce in the production area to ensure our delivery performance. Important keywords in our internal conduct area are, for instance, strict distance regulations, the avoidance of touching such as shaking hands, the permanent use of mouth/nose masks on the company premises, good room ventilation at specified narrow intervals, etc.

Accompanying measures continue to include restrictive visiting regulations at all M&C Group locations as well as highly limited travel activities of our sales representatives and service specialists. We have therefore developed and implemented alternatives as long as the hazardous situation persists and/or the corresponding regulations remain in force.

Further elements of the comprehensive protection concept are the immediate obligation to report illnesses in the vicinity of employees, particularly extensive hygiene regulations including the enhanced cleaning of buildings, and other reasonable measures recommended by relevant medical and administrative authorities. This still includes strict and tightly defined rules for minimized internal meetings and working groups.

We hope that this comprehensive safety package will continue to provide a good contribution to achieving effective protection for the M&C team and all our contact partners.

In addition to the health and social systems, the economic systems of almost all countries of the world are increasingly affected to a greater or lesser extent by the effects of the corona virus. Disturbed operational processes, but also impaired logistics chains with delivery disruptions are the direct consequences of the current virus spread.

Today we would like to point out that M&C continues to give high priority to supplying our customer companies. We are aware that this decision is in the special economic interest of all customers of the M&C Group and have so far succeeded in meeting our delivery targets.

M&C has so far not introduced any short-time working across the whole company group and, based on the safety measures implemented, does not see any need for this in the coming months either. The M&C Group is economically stable and continues to pursue its objectives and internal projects without restrictions.

The measures presented above will be revoked if the overall situation allows this with certainty. Until then we are working consistently to remain a reliable and secure market partner.

We sincerely wish all our customers, market partners, service providers and other reference groups - as well as our employees of course - good overall health and above all infection-free winter months. In the interest of everybody, we hope for a short period of danger. All the best for you!