Taipei, June 7 (CNA) King Yuan Electronics Co. (KYEC) said Monday that its operations in Miaoli County are still running, despite some cluster infections of COVID-19 at its factories there, as it has reallocated its manpower since thousands of its foreign migrant workers were suspended last Friday.
While production has dropped to some extent, output continues at KYEC factories, as local workers have been reassigned to fill the gap, the integrated circuit testing and packaging service company told CNA on Monday.
The company said it will need time to carefully assess the impact of the reduced production on its June sale revenues and will give the details as soon as possible. Meanwhile, KYEC said, it has not lost any clients or orders.
KYEC's major clients include Intel, Qualcomm, MediaTek, Nvidia, STM, Xilinx, Novatek Microelectronics, Will Semiconductor, Renesas, Robert Bosch, Winbond, and Murata, according to data from the company, which employs more than 7,000 people, including some 2,100 migrant workers.
On June 4, KYEC suspended all 2,100 foreign migrant workers at its factories for 14 days, after a cluster outbreak of COVID-19 infections was reported at its factories in Zhunan Township in Miaoli.
As of Sunday, more than 130 KYEC factory workers had been confirmed as COVID-19 cases, 65 of which were new infections reported that day, according to the Miaoli County government. It said 55 of the new cases were migrant workers, and the other 10 Taiwanese.
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported that a total 206 cases, including 180 migrant workers, were confirmed Sunday in cluster infections at three different tech companies in Maioli.
As a result, the CECC said, the migrant workers at the three companies considered considered at high risk will be required to quarantine at government designated centers for 14 days, while the others will have to quarantine at home, all with pay.
In the first quarter of the year, 34.9 percent of KYEC's total sale revenue was from its silicon wafer testing service, while 41 percent was from production testing, and 20.5 percent from packaging.
