'As the government strengthens closure measures, especially in Shanghai, the closing of our global distribution centers in China has affecting the business.The collection of micro network confirmed, the news is true.

Here are some translations of the notification letter:

The onsemi continues to monitor global COVID-19 and closely monitor the latest developments in the Asia-Pacific region.As the government strengthens the containment measures, especially in Shanghai, our Chinese global distribution centers are forced to close, thus affecting the business.

At present, there is no change in our situation, and we have not received any notice of the progress that may lift the closure.Our company prioritizes the safety of its employees in any case and does its best to mitigate the impact of closure on our customers.

In addition to the closures of Shenzhen, Suzhou and Leshan affecting our local operations, we also note that smaller cities have begun to implement closures or strengthen restrictions on access to cities, particularly affecting external manufacturing locations.We are also responding closely to the disruptions of our materials, equipment and service suppliers in China.

The relevant team will continue to focus on providing key equipment to our customers and do our best to deliver products in the quickest possible way.In addition to that, we have started moving to other onsemi subdivisions to ease capacity constraints and help reduce the impact on ——, such as our distribution centers in Singapore and Manila, Philippines.

Despite many efforts to address this force majeure event, including relocating to alternative warehouses and accelerating transportation (i. e. NFO-Next Flight Out expedited Air Service), we were unable to transport sufficient materials to meet the needs of all our customers.

We are working to consolidate plans to further extend the closure period.Things are changing day to day and we will monitor and adapt our approach as needed.

It is reported that it is one of the world's largest suppliers of analog IC, logic IC and discrete semiconductor components.

In the past month, due to the strict prevention and control of the epidemic, many important manufacturers have closed their factories and encountered transportation obstacles, which gradually began to affect the global supply chain.On April 15, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has sent a Shanghai front working group to take multiple measures to support the stable production of key enterprises in Shanghai.