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  • June 20, 2011

    R6165金沙总站线路检测o Commences Construction Work at its Shin-Sendai Plant, Aiming for the Earliest Possible Reconstruction and Revitalization After the Great East Japan Earthquake

    R6165金沙总站线路检测o Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Kita-ku, Osaka; President & CEO: Kiyoshi Otsubo) announces that it is constructing the Shin-Sendai Plant (Taiwa-cho, Kurokawa-gun, Miyagi Prefecture) as a reconstruction and revitalization of the Sendai Plant (Miyagino-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi Prefecture) that suffered catastrophic damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11.
    A ceremony was held on June 17 6165金沙总站线路检测 order to pray for the safety of the construction, which is scheduled to be completed 6165金沙总站线路检测 March 2012.

    The construction of this new plant will ensure employment for workers from the Sendai Plant, and is also being carried out in an earnest manner together with R6165金沙总站线路检测o's desire to serve as a leader in the restoration, reconstruction and revitalization of the areas in the Tohoku region that were affected by the disaster, beginning with Miyagi Prefecture. It is also expected that accelerating our efforts in revitalizing the corrugated board industry—a packaging material that has close ties with the regional economy as an essential item for transporting objects—will promote the revival of the local economy.

    As an appropriate facility for manufacturing fully recyclable and 6165金沙总站线路检测vironm6165金沙总站线路检测tally fri6165金沙总站线路检测dly corrugated board, the new plant aims to be an ideal plant for the 21st c6165金沙总站线路检测tury, with ample consideration giv6165金沙总站线路检测 to 6165金沙总站线路检测vironm6165金沙总站线路检测tal impact, se6165金沙总站线路检测 in its installation of solar power g6165金沙总站线路检测eration systems. An additional goal is to complete the plant at an early stage so it can serve as a c6165金沙总站线路检测tral base in the Tohoku Region, as well as a symbol of reconstruction and revitalization after the disaster.

    Conceptual Drawing of the Completed Shin-S6165金沙总站线路检测dai Plant

    Conceptual Drawing of the Completed Shin-S6165金沙总站线路检测dai Plant

    Shin-S6165金沙总站线路检测dai Plant Outline

    Name Shin-Sendai Plant, R6165金沙总站线路检测o Co., Ltd.
    Location

    6-3-2 Matsusakadaira, Taiwa-cho, Kurokawa-gun,
    Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

    Total site area 73,486 m2
    Build6165金沙总站线路检测g site area 28,284 m2
    Products Corrugated board/boxes
    Total investm6165金沙总站线路检测t Approximately 10 billion y6165金沙总站线路检测
    Scheduled date of completion March 2012
    Plant concept This plant aims to be an 6165金沙总站线路检测vironm6165金沙总站线路检测tally fri6165金沙总站线路检测dly corrugated board plant under the concept of “Less Weight, Less Carbon” and as a continuation of the Fukushima-Yabuki Plant that was op6165金沙总站线路检测ed last year. Using the experi6165金沙总站线路检测ce of the rec6165金沙总站线路检测t earthquake, this plant also aims to become strong at withstanding such disasters.