Mar
24
We received some outstanding news from Japan today. Our factories in Tsukuba and Yamagata, which resumed operation March 22, are now in full production. While there are scheduled power outages in place, the production schedules have been modified to compensate for these occurrences. With the improvement in the fuel situation, logistics have also improved and… Continue reading »
Mar
23
After just returning from the inaugural Vision3 Summit conference, I have come away with a few thoughts and ideas. First of all, I commend our industry organizations, PIA, NAPL and NPES, for finally coming together as one, to help lead our industry out of this economic downturn and toward a brighter future. It was a… Continue reading »
Mar
21
The weekend brought some hopeful news to the people of Japan. With oil refineries back online, the transportation situation is improving. At Komori, our factories will re-open on March 22–very good news. What impresses me is that last week Komori deployed almost 100 Japanese service technicians to visit customers in the affected areas and assist… Continue reading »
Mar
18
The past week has been very difficult for those of us at Komori America Corporation. To see the images of the devastation in Japan have been shocking to all of us. Our initial reaction was, of course, to determine the health and well being of our co-workers in Japan. We were extremely relieved to find… Continue reading »
