A Message to our Valued Clients

In this time of rapid change, I wanted to let you know what Formaspace is doing to serve our community and our world in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

On March 22nd, General Motors asked Formaspace to put the resources of the entire company toward one goal: helping General Motors stand up a new factory in Kokomo, Indiana to mass produce new ventilators, as part of its partnership with Ventec Life Systems.

GM asked us to do what we do best: build large quantities of industrial-strength workbenches for use on their new assembly lines. The first batch of new ESD workbenches shipped on March 25, 2020, only three days after formalizing our relationship with GM. We sent truckloads of workbenches each day, 7 days a week, until the facility was completed. Only three weeks later, GM’s production line is delivering life-saving ventilators to hospitals across our country. You can read our press release about our efforts here, GM’s press release about the beginning of mass production here, and a press briefing from the President of the United States about our efforts, featuring our benches in a video of our installation efforts, here.

We hope the dozens of Formaspace clients whose orders were delayed as a result my decision will understand that I made the decision to push your orders in order to make a direct contribution to saving lives in a time of crisis.

We did not make this decision lightly, but at the same time, we felt it was the right decision to make, not only as a company, but as a community and as Americans. If you are one of our clients who is impacted by this decision, I will be happy to speak with you personally.

As a result of our COVID response efforts in relation to GM and several other clients, we have been asked to help with a number of other live-saving efforts. Formaspace is prioritizing orders that directly affect healthcare outcomes at this time. However, we have added a second shift to our production facility to support our regular business, and we now have more capacity than ever to support our full range of product needs.

I realize many of you may have questions about how we are maintaining sanitary hygiene processes at our production facility here in Austin, Texas.

I want to assure you that our people are practicing social distancing, wearing masks and gloves, and otherwise following all CDC and WHO guidance. We are not traveling at this time. Our office staff is working entirely on a remote basis. Our facilities are cleaned multiple times a day, and your products are cleaned with CDC-recommended cleaning products prior to being loaded on trucks. Vendors drop products off in designated areas separate from our staff, and we are loading and signing off trailers in such a way as to minimize contact between ourselves and drivers. At this time, we have been fortunate that no one who works for Formaspace has contracted COVID-19. There is no need to quarantine our products upon arrival.

If you have any questions or for media inquiries, please reach out to me directly at 512.669.8931.

My best to you and stay safe,

--Jeff Turk, CEO