How one Silicon Valley factory keeps running in the age of coronavirus

A masked worker moves a cart at Green Circuits as the company, an essential business, adapts to operating during the outbreak of the fast-spreading coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in San Jose, California, US. — Reuters

The managers at Green Circuits — a small Silicon Valley electronics factory — thought they would have to close when the San Francisco Bay Area directed non-essential businesses to shut almost three weeks ago.

But messages soon flowed in from customers telling them their parts were needed for things like medical and defense equipment. One customer is now rushing to build ventilators that might use printed circuit boards made by Green Circuits.