Maybe not, but literally every industry is affected.
All polymer material production is being hammered right now, raw materials like bauxite are scarce, prices are unstable for almost any materials which makes it tough to run a business. I've literally seen some aluminums change by 500% in a day. If you're not on the phone with a distributor the exact minute something is on offer for a reasonable price, you're going to be waiting another 20-26 weeks for material.
Every time material runs thin, spindles shut down and people get sent home early. Mistakes start to pile up when they get restarted too. It's a **** show in the manufacturing world right now - which is a real kick in the nuts since demand is great.
Our company had ~8 months worth of inventory on the shelf last March. By June it was depleted - and that was while still producing at 75% capacity in the meantime. Then for the first time in 12 years there was no OT available because we had nothing to build.
