Just weeks after the coronavirus shut down in China, the three factories owned by kettle controls maker Strix reopened at full capacity. The way the company managed to keep staff healthy and production going offers a lesson to those industries in Europe and the US struggling to manufacture goods through the pandemic.
Mark Bartlett, chief executive, credits the team on the ground in China for making this happen. He had to watch the situation unfold from the Isle of Man, the corporate headquarters of the business, which makes the thermostatic controls that switch off kettles when they boil.
The company is the global market leader in kettle controls with 54 per cent share by value.
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