Update: The First Chemical Production Facilities in Japan Are Back on Line

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Impact on Shin-Etsu Group

All of operations at both Shin-Etsu Chemical Kashima Plant (Kamisu, Ibaraki Pref.) and Shin-Etsu Handotai Shirakawa Plant (Nishigo Village, Fukushima Pref.) are being wholly halted. Although the aftershocks have been frequently occurring, the company is to carry out necessary inspections at our plants putting the utmost priority on safety.

Regarding the situation of Shin-Etsu Handotai Shirakawa Plant, although inspection work of all facilities and equipments, damages of the production facilities and equipments has been partially observed until now. At present, it is still unclear how long it takes to restore such damages. Therefore, the company will set up production systems at other plants of Shin-Etsu Handotai Group except for Shin-Etsu Handotai Shirakawa Plant.

As for Shin-Etsu Chemical Kashima Plant, some damages of the production facilities and equipments have been observed until now. In addition, the Kashima industrial complex where the Kashima Plant is located in, received wholly heavy damages in its infrastructure such as the utilities as electric power and water supply and it may take time to re-start the supply of the raw materials. Thus, at present, it is still unclear how long it takes to re-start the operations at the Kashima Plant.

Furthermore, the rolling blackouts implemented by Tokyo Electric Power and Tohoku-Electric Power, are affecting the operations at Shin-Etsu Group’s production sites located in their respective electric power supply areas. The company says it will cooperate for reduction and restriction of the usage of electric power with all the Company efforts. Meanwhile, the electric power companies are requested to provide a stable supply of electric power because some facilities and equipments need to be operated continuously due to the safety reasons.

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