We would like to express our heartfelt condolences to everyone affected by Typhoon Hagibis, which traversed eastern Japan from October 12th to 13th.
It gave damages to Koriyama plant that is located in Koriyama central industrial park(Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture) by the over flood of water from the river near by on early morning of October 13.
We apologize for the inconvenience and concerns of our customers, suppliers, and related parties.
The following is the current recovery status.
About recovery efforts
| December 23rd | Restarted some of production. And planning to increase the operation rate gradually. Prospecting to resume shipment operations from January. |
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| December 13th | Conducting test run and final tuning of production facilities, and trial product evaluation Prospecting to resume part of volume production soon |
| December 6th | Started test run with some of production facilities Preparing manufacturing environment to ensure the quality level |
| November 22nd | Continue the maintenance of production facilities and equipment and procurement of necessary spare parts Preparing test run with some of production facilities |
| November 8th | Cleaning and washing are almost completed Continue the maintenance of production facilities and equipment and procurement of necessary spare parts |
| October 25th | Expanded more cleaning area inside factories with more additional manpower and continue to inspect and repair each facility and equipment |
| October 17th | Expanded premise cleaning area with additional manpower |
| October 16th | On-site cleaning activities started for recovery |
| October 15th | We have started to confirm the damages in the plant since water level started to decrease partially |
For the details of restarting transactions, please contact our sales representatives.
Again, thank you for your kind understanding and continual support.