ASSMANN WSW components group COVID-19 (Corona Virus) Impact statement

ASSMANN WSW components group, a worldwide system supplier for connectors, heat sinks and cable assemblies, produced in Taiwan, China and Slovakia, herewith wants to give their customers and distributors a general valuation overview on the impacts of COVID-19 on the production and supply chain of their products. The following valuations and assumptions of impacts out of this situation are subject to force majeure and may change due to new develeopements.

According to the latest local information, within all provinces in China the maximum turn point of infections is expected by the China goverment to be reached within the next coming days, latest end of February 2020. From this point of time the infection rates are expected to decline. This expectation may not be valid for the HuBei province, where this maximum turn point of time may be later.