2012
(Posted Oct. 2012)
Flooding Damage and Response
| Oct | 1 | Flooding begins to prevent some employees from commuting to work. |
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| 3 | The general manager of the Karuizawa Plant Maintenance Department and one other employee are dispatched to Thailand to support flooding countermeasures. | |
| 5 | Construction of earth embankments begins around Ayutthaya Plant. | |
| 6 | Areas around family dormitories at Lop Buri Plant flooded. Piling of sandbags begins at Rojana Plant. |
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| 7 | Local Countermeasures Office (Bang Pa-in) and Management Headquarters (Meguro) are set up. Operations suspended at Rojana and Ayutthaya Plants due to suspension of power and water supplies. Rojana Industrial Park requests plant to suspend operations. |
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| 8 | Ayutthaya Plant family dormitories flooded; Rojana Industrial Park temporarily closed due to flooding. 15 diggers and 15 dump trucks deployed at Bang Pa-in Plant and construction of earth embankments begins around plant. |
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| 9 | Earth embankments around Ayutthaya Plant completed and piling of sandbags begins with help of employees and Japanese expatriates; Floodwaters rise around plant; Risk management manager from Personnel & General Affairs Department dispatched to support flooding response. | |
| 10 | Senior management, including president, vice president, and senior managing executive officer, travel to Thailand for plant opening ceremony. Senior management joins Local Countermeasures Office to support response. First floor of Rojana Plant flooded. |
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| 11 | President takes part in countermeasures meeting and holds discussions with Thai government officials. Water levels inside Lop Buri Plant decline. Sandbag piling at Bang Pa-in Plant carried out with support of many employees and Japanese expatriates; Information collection activities using helicopter begin. |
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| 12 | President leaves Thailand. | |
| 14 | President returns to Japan and leaves again for Thailand on night flight. Navanakorn industrial park temporarily closed. |
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| 15 | Bang Pa-in Plant operations suspended to assure safety of plant employees; Construction of earth embankments continues; Thai army personnel supporting disaster relief arrive at Bang Pa-in Plant and begin to provide support, including overseeing embankment construction; Bang Pa-in Plant provides facilities for stationing army units. | |
| 17 | Evacuation order announced at Navanakorn industrial park; 3,149 employees, including local employees, Japanese expatriates, and Japanese dispatched to plant, take part in response activities at Bang Pa-in Plant. | |
| 18 | Navanakorn Plant flooded; Countermeasures taken to minimize floodwaters inside plant; Pumps used to pump water out of plant. Water supply restored at Ayutthaya Plant. |
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| 19 | Emergency meeting of Risk Management Committee convened; Water levels around Ayutthaya Plant begin to decline. |
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| 20 | Operations restarted at Bang Pa-in Plant; Electric power transmission restored at Ayutthaya Plant and preparations are made to restart operations. President returns to Japan. |
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| 21 | Dump trucks begin to be used to transport employees to work; Navanakorn Plant flooded. |
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| 24 | Floodwaters reach central Bangkok. | |
| 25 | Operations restarted at Ayutthaya Plant. | |
| 28 | Recovery of metal molds and inventories begins at Rojana Plant. | |
| Nov | 9 | Drainage activities begin at Rojana Industrial Park. |
| 10 | Machine tool maintenance activities begin at Navanakorn Plant. | |
| 18 | Drainage activities begin at Navanakorn Industrial Park. | |
| 23 | Water levels at Rojana Plant decline below floor level and operation restoration activities begin. | |
| 30 | Water levels at Navanakorn Plant decline below floor level and operation restoration activities begin. |
