OMRON : Notice Regarding the Effects of the Central Tottori Earthquake on Our Business Operations #2
October 23, 2016 at 06:07 pm IST
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First of all, we would like to send our thoughts and prayers to everyone who has suffered damage due to the earthquake that struck central Tottori Prefecture. We sincerely hope that the affected area will make the fastest possible recovery.
Soon after the occurrence of the Tottori earthquake on October 21, we set up an Emergency command center charged with gathering information and taking necessary measures. The effects of the earthquake on our business operations at this point in time (October 23, 18:00) are as follows:
The Omron Group's main business locations in the affected area
Omron Field Engineering Kyushu Co., Ltd. Sanin Techno Center (Tottori City, Kurayoshi City and Matsue City)
Effects on Omron's business operations
Our initial confirmation of employee safety has revealed no serious injuries or other major casualties among Omron Group employees at this point in time.
From October 22 to 23, we ceased production and confirmed the effects on our production facilities and equipment. We are restoring the current production lines one by one and from October 24 we will be conducting product quality checks and restarting production in stages.
Conditions of Omron's supply chains including our suppliers and partners
We are currently investigating the extent of the damage sustained by our overall supply chains.
Omron Corporation published this content on 23 October 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 23 October 2016 12:37:05 UTC.
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OMRON Corporation specializes in manufacturing and marketing industrial automation systems. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- industrial automation systems (56.7%): sensors, switches, programmable controllers, automatic optical inspection devices, temperature control systems, etc.;
- medical equipments (17.4%): thermometers, blood pressure monitors, etc.;
- electronic and mechanical devices and modules (14%);
- social infrastructure solutions and systems (11.5%): energy and environmental solutions, public transport automation solutions (automatic doors, automated ticket vending machines, etc.), road traffic control systems, security, payment and network protection systems, etc.;
- other (0.4%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (38%), China (25.7%), Europe (15.8%), Americas (10.3%) and other (10.2%).