Electronics manufacturing company Adafruit has seen a 90% plunge in sales during the coronavirus pandemic, but it's been able to overhaul its operations to build medical supplies for crisis relief

Adafruit, an electronics manufacturing company based in New York City, sprung to action after local officials put out a call for help during the coronavirus pandemic. The company is now putting its 50,000 square foot factory to work building medical devices and PPE to help healthcare workers.Meanwhile, it's relying on partners to ship its products to customers. Though, orders have gone way down: Adafruit says that its sales are down 90% during the pandemic. "We're just heads-down and focusing on helping our city get through this," founder and lead engineer Limor Fried told Business Insider.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Electronics manufacturing company Adafruit is putting its 50,000-square-foot factory in New York City to use for coronavirus crisis relief by building medical

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