It's not surprising though. The number of clients who end up ordering mold tools and assemblies from the Far East is depressing.All I can think and say is, "What a mess." Something needs to be done to prevent this supply issue from happening again.
A medical company we work for was renting entire planes to get parts overnight at the start of the pandemic. It takes a year to fully qualify a new mold tool and set up all the processes. You can't just ship the tools to another vendor, as part of the 'secret sauce' is all the process parameters, assuming the tool is even compatible with the molding machine.