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Sustainability Report 2008

Introducing to Society the Training Programs Created and Countermeasures Learned Following the Mid-Niigata Earthquake

On October 23rd, 2004, one of the most productive of the SANYO Semiconductor Group factories, the former Niigata SANYO Electronics Co., Ltd. (currently the SANYO Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Niigata Plant) took a direct hit during The Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake and all production was halted. Production was resumed two months later after frantic recovery activities, and the line was then revamped in July of the following year to operate under a new production system.

The lessons learned from this unprecedented and massive earthquake have been used in training programs and suggested damage-prevention measures, and have been distributed not only throughout the entire SANYO Group but also to a wide section of society through lectures, cooperation with journalists and other means.

We are working on BCP (Business Contingency Plan) formulation applying what we learned from the disaster of Niigata-Chuetsu Earthquake.
As to our activity, we accepted the request to be interviewed by the Mainichi Newspapers and provided them with the information about our efforts.
Appeared in the article "Company's Disaster Prevention"(7 times in total between Nov. 12 and Dec. 24 in 2008)

We tried to comply with as many requests for lectures as we could so that we could introduce to people our experiences during the earthquake and the countermeasures we established afterwards.

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