Response to COVID-19
As the world continues to respond to COVID-19, Indium Corporation is doing its part to safeguard operations, protect essential workers, and reinvest in the local community.
The Pledge
Indium Corporation is very proud of The Pledge that we developed in collaboration with 16 other Central New York Manufacturers and the Manufacturers Association of Central New York (MACNY).
The manufacturer’s pledge, supported by a peer-to-peer review process, utilizes the collective skills and knowledge of the founding organizations, including experience from those who have overcome previous infectious episodes, like the SARS outbreak. This process also leverages safe practices and best practices from noted authorities, including WHO, the CDC, OSHA, EPA, and local Departments of Health.
Learn more about Indium Corporation’s commitment to keeping employees safe and the factories running during the COVID-19 pandemic by visiting https://www.indium.com/corporate/csr/reopening-safely/.
TAKE-OUT the Virus
Indium Corporation joined six other businesses to initiate an effort to support essential workers and the community during COVID-19 by reimbursing employees for meals purchased at local restaurants.
To date, 341 Indium Corporation employees have spent a total of $18,941.93 at local restaurants.
Feed Our Frontlines
Indium Corporation is proud to support the Feed Our Frontlines program, an initiative designed to help area restaurants stay in business while also providing meals for essential, frontline workers during COVID-19.
To date, over $70,000 has been donated through this program to reinvest in our local restaurants, providing 859 gift cards to local frontline workers.
Indium Corporation-Manufactured Hand Sanitizer
Indium Corporation successfully manufactured its own liquid hand sanitizer in early April 2020 to distribute among its employees. Noting the high demand within the community from other essential businesses, Indium Corporation made its hand sanitizer available to these neighboring businesses as well.
Local Food Bank Donations
Noting the increased community need for basic necessities due to so many individuals being out of work, Indium Corporation hosted a food drive at each of its five facilities in New York State. The response from employees was so great that donations of nonperishable food items were made in multiple rounds as the company continued its collection into June of 2020.
Donation recipients included Mother Mary’s Soup Kitchen in Utica, New York and Connected Community Schools in Rome, New York.
TICMFF Partnership with Compassion Coalition
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Indium Corporation & Macartney Family Foundation partnered with the Compassion Coalition to provide food to local Emergency Food Banks.
To date, The ICMFF’s donation of $20,000 has been used to provide:
- 10+ truck loads of hard to find food products (valued at $150,000) including pasta, pasta sauce, high-grade hamburger meat, Bell & Evans chicken, frozen soups, and fresh produce
- 5 weeks of 425 heat & ready weekly meals for residents of Utica Municipal Housing
Recipients of products include:
- Utica Food Pantry
- Utica Rescue Mission
- Mother Marianne’s West Side Kitchen
- Johnson Park Center
- The Country Pantry
- Herkimer Central School District
- Rome Connected Community Schools
- Utica Central School District
- Utica Municipal Housing
- Camden Central School District
- Rome Rescue Mission
Face Mask Donation to Masonic Care Community
Indium Corporation donated 1,000 N95 masks to the Masonic Care Community, home to more than 500 elder residents. The masks assisted the facility in keeping staff and residents safe.
Assistance to International Facilities
Months before COVID-19 was identified as an epidemic in the United States, other parts of the world were already experiencing the wrath of the virus. Indium Corporation sent supplies of face masks from its headquarters in Clinton, New York to its international facilities in Asia to help keep our employees safe.