The Damages Caused by The Tohoku - Pacific Ocean Earthquake

This is to inform you of our situation caused by the damege of the Tohoku - Pacific Ocean Earthquake broke out on March 11th. The damage situation in Furukawa Electric, on March 14th at 11:00, are as follows.

At this moment, we are checking the damage situations in each works with utmost efforts. We are sorry for all your inconvenience, and we really appreciate all your understanding in consideration of this situation.

Chiba works

Human sufferings	No big human suffering, except for some tiny injuries.
Property damages	The central drain ditch was broken for about 100m. Damages are observed in buildings and equipments influenced by liquefaction phenomena and we are checking about details.
Operation	Restart timing has not determined yet.  This will be announced as soon as fixed.

Nikko works

Human sufferings	No human suffering.
Property damages	Water leakage was caused by a damage in a main aqueduct. A number of breakages were made in ceilings and walls.
Operation	Restart timing is under consideration by checking planed power outage and equipments.

Copper foil division

Human sufferings	No human suffering.
Property damages	Some damages in exterior walls and inside walls. Partial fallings in ceilings, water leakages and breaks in piping were caused. Some damages in production and electrical equipments.
Operation	Operation is affected by planned power outage and held for about a week.

Hiratsuka works

Human sufferings	No human suffering.
Property damages	Fluorescents falling and some test equipments were partially damaged. No big damages were caused in equipments.
Operation	Operation was partially performed on the 11th. Future operation is in consideration based on planned power outage.