Or a year to forget, depending on how it’s been treating you.

This year has been one of the most grueling, difficult, testing, stressful,…. I’m forgetting where I was going with this. Our world got really quiet once quarantine became enforced. Businesses were forced to close, event’s cancelled. School year shortened and children forced to stay home.

BUT, for whatever reason, we (TEIN) have been very fortunate to have stayed busy. Being in automotive parts supply, we are able to continue operation as an essential business. However, early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, we were prepared to face a dip in sales. We also cut any unnecessary travel and events (which ended up getting canceled anyways) in an effort to stay out of harms way.

It has been far from being the case in regards to an expected sales slump, though. While we had to temporarily close both of our factories due to the quick spread of Coronavirus, we quickly had to get up and running again to manufacture just to try and keep up with the unassuming demand that 2020 asked of us. It even caused supply issues, and our raw materials suppliers inadvertently caused massive delays, and in turn caused even bigger delays in getting our products to you, our customer. To date, we’re still experiencing delays, but this time due to the transportation/freighting of our products into the U.S.

However, hopefully we can catch up on most all of our backorders before year’s end. Thank you for being patient with us.

Still, through it all, we’re all very fortunate that you wanted, or even needed our products, and we’re forever thankful for that. We realized that there was really no way we could stop, because hundreds of thousands of you rely on our product to get to your destinations. Like us, so many of you are essential workers, and had a job to do every day of this pandemic. So we also thank you for keeping our world running.

While this year winds down to an end, we are far from the finish line, and we continue to push on through even more than just this pandemic. Our economy, already in recession, is showing signs of an upcoming depression, and we know it won’t be easy for all of us. We already know it hasn’t been easy for many. We hope you all hang in there, and we’ll do our best to be there for you when you need us.

Again, thank you, from the very bottom of our hearts. We hope you all continue to stay safe out there.

For sure, our customers have been the highlight of our 2020. Each and every one of you. And also @doggface208.