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Tohoku Pacific Coast Earthquake (Report No.7)

2011-03-20

This is a report on the status of restoration work as of 16:00PM, March 20.

1. Status of damage and restoration work at ROHM

There have been no major changes since the last report. We continue to make all possible efforts toward restoration.

The following also provides a damage report for ROHM Group production sites whose operations have been suspended. An announcement will be made as soon as possible regarding any scheduled restoration of operations.

OKI Semiconductor Miyagi Co., Ltd.

Address 1 Okinohira, Ohira Village, Kurokawa County, Miyagi 981-3603
Products LSI
Status Water and electric power have yet to be fully restored at this time and preparations are underway to restart operations as soon as the infrastructure is repaired. In addition, a substitute production system is being formulated at the ROHM Kyoto main factory and ROHM Hamamatsu Co., Ltd. Efforts are being made to maintain a supply system that will fill customer orders.

ROHM Tsukuba Co., Ltd.

Address 10 Kitahara, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki 300-3293
Products Transistors, diodes
Status Although the water for factory operations has yet to be restored, a partial operations has started at March 19. In addition, thanks to the formulation of a substitute production system at ROHM Wako Devices Co., Ltd. and ROHM Apollo Devices Co., Ltd., a supply system is maintained to fulfill customer orders.

1. Effects of Scheduled Power Outages in East Japan

The following ROHM Group locations are subject to scheduled electric power outages in the East Japan region as of today.

  • Production
     OKI Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (Hachioji City, Tokyo)
  • Development
     ROHM Yokohama Technology Center (Kohoku-ku, Yokohama)
  • Sales
     Yokohama Business Center (Kohoku-ku, Yokohama)
     West Tokyo Business Center (Hachioji City, Tokyo)
     Takasaki Sales Branch (Takasaki City, Gunma)

Service problems in the transportation network have hampered the commuting schedules of some employees, however, operations are continuing at all locations as much as possible with necessary adjustments.

Not affected by scheduled power outages of the Tohoku Electric Power Company.