From July 5 – 8, 2018, there was heavy rainfall in western areas of Japan, and Kure City in Hiroshima, where DISCO’s plants are located, was also damaged.
We would like to express our sincerest sympathies to the victims and their families.

There was no damage to either DISCO’s Kure Plant or Kuwabata Plant. However, as reported in the news, there has been a water outage in peripheral areas of Hiro in Kure, Hiroshima, where the Kure Plant is located, since July 7. There are some employees suffering from this disaster. Thus, it is expected that production will be affected after Monday, July 9. Due to the closure of roads around both factories and traffic jams in the bypass roads, normal logistic routes cannot be used. Thus, products will be delivered using alternate routes. As a result of this change, the delivery of orders currently received from customers is expected to be delayed a maximum of two days.

Though DISCO has been recycling production water, the water consumed due to evaporation and filter cleaning must be replenished. Production recovery will be achieved as quickly as possible by transporting production water using water wagons and supporting employees that are having trouble getting to the plant. Moreover, until the water supply is normalized, relocation of the precut process for hub blade production (precision processing tools), which requires a large amount of water, from the Kure Plant to the Kuwabata Plant is being considered. This measure will only be implemented after all customers that may be affected have been notified. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Production status will be updated as necessary on DISCO’s website.