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PRESS RELEASE: Ricoh Manufacturing Sites in Japan Affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Status Update
March 16, 2011 -- Ricoh Company, Ltd. -- As of March 16, Wednesday,15:00 pm (Japan Time): The following is a damage and operations status update of Ricoh manufacturing locations in Tohoku, Kanto and Shizuoka Prefecture. Due to the severe damage as a result of the earthquake, the facilities in the Tohoku regions; Tohoku Ricoh, Hazama Ricoh, and Ricoh Optical Industries, will take time to return to full operation. The length of these shut-downs is yet-to-be determined. | Plant/Company Name | Location | Human Casualties | Status as of March 16 | Plan after March 17 | Ricoh Optical Industries Co., Ltd.
(optical products, projectors, etc.) | Hanamaki, Iwate | None | Operations
Stopped | Undecided
(Recovery time TBD) | Hazama Ricoh, Inc.
(product parts) | Tome, Miyagi | None | Operations
Stopped | Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd.
(MFPs, printers, toner) | Shibata-gun,
Miyagi | None | Operations
Stopped | Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
(Production printing products) | Hitachinaka,
Ibaraki | None | Operations
Stopped | Undecided
(Recovery time TBD) | Ricoh Unitechno Co., Ltd.
(High capacity MFPs, refurbishing, recycling) | Yashio, Saitama | None | Operations
Stopped | Will be In Operation
(subject to rolling blackouts) | Atsugi Plant
(MFP and printer parts) | Atsugi,
Kanagawa | None | Partly in
Operation | Will be In Operation
(subject to rolling blackouts) | Gotemba Plant
(MFPs and printers) | Gotemba,
Shizuoka | None | Partly in
Operation | Will be In Operation
(subject to rolling blackouts and
delivery of parts) | Numazu Plant
(Supplies, toner, etc.) | Numazu,
Shizuoka | None | Partly in
Operation | Will be In Operation
(subject to rolling blackouts) | Due to severe damage to equipment, infrastructure and inability to reestablish lifelines for employees in the affected areas, production activities are greatly compromised. Outside of the most affected area, interrupted traffic and rolling blackouts have affected production flow. The Ricoh Group will play its part in conserving energy while balancing the needs of business. All Ricoh members are committed to a quick recovery. Information in the news releases is true and accurate at the time of publication.
Manufacture, sales, price and specifications of products may be subject to change.
(First posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 18:22 EDT)
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