The company, which makes flexible printed circuit boards and caters to five of the world’s 10 biggest smartphone makers, could not secure enough masks in China, where supplies quickly ran out as the virus crisis grew.When the factory in the Chinese city of Xiamen closed for the Lunar New Year, and Malaysian employees came home for the break, Qdos decided that on their return, they and their families would stuff as many masks from Malaysia as possible in their luggage.
The Xiamen factory was featured in a Chinese TV programme last month after it became one of the first in the city to comply with virus regulations, allowing it to reopen soon after the Lunar New Year.