In-Line with Fi-Tech – Fall 2020
Jeff Bassett
Welcome to our Fall 2020 issue of In-Line with Fi-Tech. What can I say, 2020 has been one challenging year from so many perspectives. Over the last months, we have all been forced to adapt, in our personal lives and our work lives, to many new ways. Here, at Fi-Tech, we are very proud of our team, and the way we were able to adapt work schedules and methods in order to continue providing the products and services our customers expect without missing a beat.
We especially want to give special kudos to our warehouse team – John Chandler and Pam Linegar. They worked creatively and tirelessly to keep our supply chains open and flowing. We greatly appreciate their dedication and hard work. Going forward, as we continue to experience COVID related challenges in our supply chain, our Fi-Tech Team is committed to providing you the same high level of service and response expected from us.
Our Sales Team is here and available to help you find solutions to your needs and problems even though we cannot meet routinely as we have done in the past. If requested, our Team is available to travel for specific needs, case by case, where in person meetings are required. We are also happy to arrange specific video meetings or conference calls with our various principals since travel to and from Europe is highly restricted and likely to remain this way for the near term.
In addition to interruptions in our routine travels, in person industry events have all been cancelled. We were expecting quite a busy fall schedule with Techtextil North America scheduled for September and INDEX originally rescheduling to October. Now, both have been moved to 2021 or 2022 events. Many conference events have also been impacted. Events sponsored by INDA, EDANA and others have moved to virtual formats. These are valuable events for learning, networking and information gathering. We encourage your virtual participation so that we can maintain industry wide momentum in promoting and developing new technologies and products in a very challenging time. Personally, I am looking forward to participating in virtual events as well as looking forward to a time in the near future when our interactions can return to a more personal level.
In the meantime, we all can be diligent and deliberate in our efforts to ease COVID-19 spread, practice good social distancing, good hygiene and being considerate to others around us.
Read Full Newsletter: Fi-Tech Fall 2020 Newsletter