Inkjet & Digital Printing

Ricoh Manufacturing Sites in Japan Affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Status Update

Thursday 17. March 2011 - 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.