Huge fire at Shimano

[ntb1001]

Just read about a big fire at Shimano...

http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/hundreds-of-employees-evacuated-as-fire-rips-through-shimano-factory-and-headquarters-in-japan-374394

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[fiamme red]

http://www.shimano.com/en/cms/news/japan/news_detail_321.html

Shimano Inc. informs with deep apology that a fire accident occurred at a part of our headquarters factory located in Sakai, Japan at around 13:40 (JST) on March 26th.

We profusely apologize to our shareholders, customers and stakeholders for all the concerns and the inconveniences that we have caused by letting this regretful accident occur.

The fire occurred at the surface treatment area.

Workers have evacuated a factory immediately and no one was injured.

We are now investigating the cause of the fire.

From now on, we are determined to make every effort for safe operation and work for the prevention of this kind of accident.

Once again we would offer our deepest apologies for any inconvenience caused.

We ask your kind understanding and continued support.

If you have any inquiries, please contact below.

Shimano Inc. Corporate Communications Department
Tel: +81-72-223-3957

[Louis]

"From now on, we are determined to make every effort for safe operation and work for the prevention of this kind of accident. "

I sure hope a non-native English speaker wrote that, because otherwise, the obvious question that arises is why they waited until after the fire to do this.

[fogrider]

"From now on, we are determined to make every effort for safe operation and work for the prevention of this kind of accident. "

I sure hope a non-native English speaker wrote that, because otherwise, the obvious question that arises is why they waited until after the fire to do this.

leave it up to the Japanese to apologize profusely for an accident. without knowing what caused the fire, one would hope that their intent to improve their operations from what they learned from what may have caused the accident would not lead to why it took a fire to result in changes unless there is a obvious safety issue.

[sailorboy]

CLipped this from the article:
As well as being Shimano’s global headquarters, the Sakai facility is responsible for much of the component company’s research and development, with the majority of the production being carried out at larger factories in China, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore.


Hmm, which one of our CampyOnly zealots should we put on the list of prime suspects??:no::no:

(able to fire the first shot since there were no injuries reported)

[fbhidy]

CLipped this from the article:
As well as being Shimano’s global headquarters, the Sakai facility is responsible for much of the component company’s research and development, with the majority of the production being carried out at larger factories in China, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore.


Hmm, which one of our CampyOnly zealots should we put on the list of prime suspects??:no::no:

(able to fire the first shot since there were no injuries reported)Big delays on any HYDRO related product coming... Shop reporting 100+ days on Trek Project 1 with hydro yesterday, where prior day was like 20ish...


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[raygunner]

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