“As a company that services


primarily the Defense, Aerospace and Oil and gas industries we are deemed ‘essential’ to the critical infrastructure of the U.S., especially to the DoD. As such Barron has remained open on all shifts ‘business as usual’ and has flowed down the requirements to our suppliers as needed that they too are critical to infrastructure and support of Barron DoD rated contracts. In some cases suppliers have opened back up after announcing their closing due to Barron designating them as Critical to infrastructure.


Barron has implemented several measures as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic including; • Daily screening of all its employees as they arrive for their shift which includes non-contact temperature taking and reviewing a checklist of symptoms with each employee as they come in for their shift.


• Barron has also issued PPE (masks, gloves, face shields as needed) to all its employees (some of this already required depending on where they have been working, others had not been required)


• Placed 5 gallon buckets of sanitary wipe dispensers and bottles of hand sanitizer at stations throughout the plant and at every computer


• Only accepting visitors by appointment and they too will be screened upon entry to Barron by HR


• Barron may have contractors in to do HVAC and electrical work but they all receive the same health screening before entering Barron.


• Barron is also practicing social distancing (6 ft) and requiring all incoming truck drivers to remain in their trucks and Barron personnel will come to them and unload the trucks. All Barron’s primary suppliers are open for business and though there are no supply interruptions (except for N95 masks for which Barron has been able to secure an adequate supply) Barron did buy a larger than normal amount of all critical materials in early March in anticipation of potential shutdowns/ logistics


that could ® cause business


interruption. At this writing Barron is operational on all shifts with adequate supplies for the next 4-8 weeks. From a market perspective we have seen no order cancellations but only confirmation that we will be delivering to schedule.


Again being Defense


and Aerospace oriented there are no cancellation of contracts at the Federal level and it is anticipated that business will remain strong with significant growth in 2020 and 2021. Commercial markets are more uncertain with great ‘hope’ but no clear path for where their volume of business is going in the next 6 months. From an employee


perspective


managing anxiety has been crucial as well as dealing with those that feel they may be sick or should stay home. We do have a reduction in the workforce as a result of folks deeming themselves necessary to not come to work. I have been working with Barron HR and supervision several times a day to make sure we are communicating frequently with our employees regarding any updates/changes in the Covid-19 pandemic that may affect them (Fed, State, Local mandates/news).”


Bruce M Barron, Barron Industries


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“Fenico Precision Castings remains open for business as we consider our business to be supportive to the essential critical infrastructure sectors, based on CISA guidelines. As long as our workforce remains healthy, we will continue to support our customers product.”


Sonny Tran,


Fenico Precision Castings –––––––––––––––


“On March 6th, the ICI decided to


move forward with the Process Control Class. We followed the recommended precautions from the CDC to maintain the health of the students and instructors. By the completion of the class on March 12th, everything changed.


Houston


cancelled their rodeo, schools were closing across the country and airports


April 2020 ❘ 17 “The Covid-19 issue continues


to develop and it would appear that it could be a while before we see a return to anything like a ‘normal’ life. We all remain dependent on advice that is published and the positions taken by individual countries with regard to the risks they see. We all also have a personal responsibility to minimize the risks of spreading the virus – as difficult as that may be. There is no change to the support team structure we have in place.


the implementation team members got home safely from their travels last week. Please do not hesitate to contact us


if you have any queries and wherever you are, please take as much case as possible and look after yourselves.” The Synchro Team


and hotels were eerily empty. The effect of this pandemic has


been felt by nearly every person across the country. Businesses have closed, employees have been laid off and parents have suddenly found themselves as educators. For those businesses that remained open, a lot of planning had to be done in order to ensure the health and safety of the employees including setting up non-essential individuals to work from home, establishing 6 feet of distance between employees and learning how to have remote meetings. Even in the midst of all of this chaos, I continue to be struck by the fact that nature keeps moving forward. The birds are singing, flowers are blooming, and the ducklings will soon be swimming in the river.


While life may not go


back to exactly how it was prior to the virus, we can use this opportunity to decide what is important in our lives. Be grateful for your health. Be thankful for your neighbors who extended a helping hand. Give to those who need assistance. Collectively, we can use this experience to refresh ourselves with the gift of humanity.”


Julie Markee, Key Process Innovations –––––––––––––––


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