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Most of the copiers we sell are assembled in Europe, but the parts come from China, Japan etc.
So if the quake is going to have an impact on our sale then it probably won’t happen until (maybe) this summer...
MP C toner is produced in Japan and bottled in US (according to the package) That could be an issue if the toner factories are affected
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no one has a comment so far?

Some of us take the weekend off Smile

I'd be shocked if there is *no* impact, but I don't think it will be a massive impact either. I know Ricoh has some large facilities in japan, but I believe they have diversified to other countries enough that our supply may be strained but not strangled.
Toshiba HQ Bldg. in Tokyo is designed to resist earthquakes. Employees actually felt sea sick on the upper floors as the building gently swayed back and forth absorbing the shock waves. The elevators stopped woring.

All Toshiba employees are OK and the earthquake had no significant effect on MFP production. MFP production is mainly in China.

Toshiba has closed all non essential facilities to comply with Govt request.

In Tokyo, there are now rolling black outs and interruptions to train service which will last several weeks preventing employees from working.

Japan has lost 27% of its power generating capacity.
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Toshiba manages 17 of 55 nuclear reactors in Japan including at least two of the reactors at the stricken Fukushima plant. The reactors are all made by GE Version 1, which is an old design.

Toshiba's share price has declined 26% in the last two days but recently rebounded 5%.

Many Japanese workers are being asked to work from home to save electricity and transport.

Commuter traffic in Tokyo is way down as low level of radiation in the city keep residents off the streets.

Foreign Bankers are fleeing Japan in private jets.

The NYT reported that one of the damaged Canon plants makes optical lenses uses in their MFPs.


The earthquake and tsunami that have roiled Japan so far have not caused sizable production or supply chain problems for the Rochester area's major employers.

Eastman Kodak Co. has two production facilities in Japan that produce printing plates. The Gumma facility, two hours northwest of Tokyo, sustained minor damage in the disasters "and should be able to go back in production fairly soon," said company spokesman Christopher Veronda.

"We believe that any impacts to the supply chain will be minimal," he said. "We are in touch with customers and will be doing what we can to support them in their own recovery efforts."

All Kodak employees and their families in Japan are accounted for and safe, Veronda said.

No manufacturing operations of Fuji Xerox Ltd., the joint R&D and manufacturing partnership between Xerox Corp. and Japanese photo and printing company Fujifilm, were in the areas of Japan most hit by the quake, said Xerox Corp. spokesman Bill McKee. But some sales operations were affected, he said.

"We are collaborating with our Fuji Xerox colleagues in order to minimize disruption in the supply chain," he said.

The natural disasters, meanwhile, are playing havoc with some of Kodak and Xerox's Japanese competitors, including Canon Inc. and Fujifilm.

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