In the April 17 edition of
HARDI
’s (Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International’s) weekly Pulse e-mail survey of HVACR distributors and suppliers intended to gauge how coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is affecting their business and operations, 44 percent of the manufacturer respondents said their sales were down 1 to 20 percent from the previous week, while 26 percent reported a sales decline of 21 to 40 percent.
Twenty-three percent reported no change in sales compared to the previous week, while 6 percent said their sales increased.
The results are not statistically significant, intended instead to provide the general “pulse” of the HVACR industry.
Sixty-one percent of the manufacturers reported no changes in employment for the week, while 18 percent said they laid off or furloughed employees, and 21 percent said they reduced employee hours or pay.
Eight percent of the manufacturers reported production closures attributed to COVID-19, while 92 percent reported they were running at full production capacity.
