[RVRC] Icom, Kenwood, Yaesu

[E Drew Moore]

--- On Thu, 3/17/11, Steve N2KEJ <n2kej at hotmail.com> wrote:


From: Steve N2KEJ <n2kej at hotmail.com>
Subject: Icom, Kenwood, Yaesu
To: 
Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 7:37 PM

+ Yaesu, ICOM and Kenwood Issue Statements Regarding Effects of Earthquake
on Operations


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In a letter to the Amateur Radio community, Vertex Standard Chief Executive
Officer and President Jun Hasegawa expressed his "sincere appreciation to
all of you for your kind words and thoughts about us" after the devastating
8.9 earthquake that struck Japan last week
<http://www.arrl.org/news/massive-earthquake-hits-japan-tsunami-warnings-iss
ued> . Vertex Standard is the parent company of Yaesu. All Vertex Standard
employees and their families are safe and unhurt, Hasegawa said, but the
company has not been able to reach many of their dealers and subcontractors
who are located on the coast area: "We just hope that they are alive."
Hasegawa said that a Vertex Standard factory in Fukushima was damaged in the
earthquake. Even though the factory is not located near the coast and the
damage was minimal, he said that Vertex Standard has decided to "disable the
operation at this moment." Saying that they are working very hard to get the
factory back to its normal operation, Hasegawa said that "it may take one to
two weeks to restart operation in the Fukushima factory. I would like to ask
for your understanding and cooperation at this time."




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According to a press release
<http://www.icomamerica.com/en/features/earthquake.aspx> , no one from ICOM
is known to be injured. No damage has been reported at ICOM's headquarters
in Osaka, or at either of their two main factories in Wakayama; both Osaka
and Wakayama are located far south of the most severely affected areas. The
branch offices in Tokyo and Sendai, however, did suffer some minor damage.
"Most of ICOM's facilities and systems are ready to get back to normal
business, but supplier logistics, commuting issues and future power
disruptions will affect our company," the press release said. "It is too
soon to tell how big an impact the earthquake and its aftermath will have on
ICOM. We appreciate your interest and concern."






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"Thankfully, our staff in Japan is safe due to earthquake preparedness and
the special construction of our buildings," said Kenwood USA President Junji
Kobayashi on the Kenwood website
<http://www.kenwoodusa.com/NewsArchive/2011/20fe1b7b-fe8a-4a94-b371-bb97d0ff
f096> . "Power outages and interruption of mass transit have kept most of
Kenwood's staff at home since the earthquake; however, we expect the
infrastructure to improve in the coming week and our operations to fully
resume accordingly. We appreciate the concern for our employees expressed by
all those who have contacted us." Kenwood's primary office facilities in
Yokohama and Hachioji were not damaged, due to their proximity further south
and west of the quake's epicenter. Since Kenwood's primary manufacturing
facilities are in Malaysia, electronics production is unaffected.

Steve N2KEJ




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