According to foreign media reports, following Toshiba's announcement last Wednesday that all departments and facilities in Japan will be shut down, Seiko Epson, a global leader in quartz components, also announced that all locations in Japan will be closed ...
As the new coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) epidemic continues to heat up, Japan last Thursday (16th) officially expanded the scope of the "State of Emergency Declaration" from 7 prefectures to 47 prefectures throughout Japan. Many companies have announced the closure of business shutdown. As of 10:00 on April 21st, Beijing time, there were a total of 11,866 confirmed cases (including Princess and entry) in Japan. There were 276 deaths.
According to NHK reports, in response to the Japanese government expanding the scope of the "state of emergency declaration" to all parts of Japan, Seiko Aipu, a large precision equipment company, announced before its birthday that all its bases in Japan will be suspended from April 25 to May 6.
Seiko Epson also notified the news on the official website. According to the announcement, after the shutdown, the four planned rest days in July and August will be cancelled. Seiko Epson has reported 4 confirmed cases of employees.
Public information shows that Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Epson Corporation) was established in May 1942 and is headquartered in Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Seiko Epson manufactures products including quartz components, semiconductors, printers, quartz oscillators, and watches. The company currently has 94 companies worldwide and employs more than 72,000 people.
It should be noted that although all bases of Seiko Epson ’s birthday book will be suspended during the above period, some products necessary for maintaining social life, such as medical machine parts, ink and other printer consumables will continue to be produced.
In addition to Seiko Epson, Toshiba also announced last week that due to the epidemic, all bases in Japan (including power plants, elevators and other infrastructure businesses) including factories will be intermittently operated from April 20 to May 6, 7.6 Ten thousand employees were able to "take a long vacation".
Toyota Motor announced on April 15 that the expansion of the epidemic caused a decrease in demand, and decided to increase the number of shutdowns and production adjustments (reduced production) in May for all assembly plants located in Japan. The measure is expected to reduce Toyota's production by about 79,000 vehicles.
