“COVID-19” strike: Manohan Aluminium in Fiji remains unaffected

Manohan Aluminium in Fiji Islands has managed to run normal operations during the COVID-19 epidemic.

The 40 years old aluminium extrusion and downstream supply company has been employing about 60 people and is continuing with construction projects around the island nation.

The COVID-19 breakout has forced many businesses to lay off their workers as a measure for cost-cutting. Raj Mahohan, MD, Manohan Aluminium said: “We have retained all their employees.”

 “At this time, we have the Coronavirus. We never lay off anybody, we never cut anyone’s wages and we continue as normal. In this industry, it is very critical and difficult to train people. The thing is that, as I said it’s not about the profit. It’s over the last 40-years we built assets and we are utilizing that to keep our staff employed”.

Manohan stated their raw material supply chain has remained unaffected by the epidemic.

“We are training staff at this stage with this pandemic; we have hired more staff to train them. It’s a very difficult industry and very technical. We are now getting ready for Cunningham road where it’s a very massive warehouse so we need people. Profit is not the only issue”.

Manohan added: “They have a few major projects they are currently working on and they are continuing to develop new products to expand their business.”