May
07
drupa is in full swing, and if you watch the video below you can see for yourself what’s happening in the Komori stand in Hall 15. If you’ve never had the “drupa experience,” you don’t know what you’re missing. New technology is EVERYWHERE—and the Komori stand has loads of it! I can’t wait for the… Continue reading »
Mar
22
drupa 2012 is rapidly approaching—are you attending? For me, this drupa already feels different. There have been a host of announcements from a wide range of exhibitors touting a number of interesting and exciting new products. It seems to me that drupa will be “springtime” in more ways than one—new products introduced, new alliances being… Continue reading »
May
09
Call me biased, but I think Komori employees are some of the best people in the world. When the tsunami struck Japan and again with the devastating tornadoes ripped through the southeastern US, the first thought of many of our employees was “what can we do to help?” While many have already donated generously, we decided we wanted… Continue reading »
Apr
12
Komori announced today that press shipments resumed just days after the earthquake and tsunami to locations all around the world. That is great news! It seems that even though Japan continues to quake with nearly daily aftershocks, life—and business—go on. I cannot imagine what that must be like and we continue to hold Japan in… Continue reading »
Apr
01
There has been a significant amount of talk in the marketplace about the radiation levels in products being shipped from Japan. Many people, quite naturally, have had questions regarding the radiation levels of Komori presses and parts shipping from Japan since the disaster. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection organization has standards and inspections in… Continue reading »
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
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 »
