03/18/2011 RF Co., Ltd. Press Release

RF Co., Ltd., expresses our heartfelt sympathy to the victims and their families who suffer from the earthquake in the North Eastern Japan area and the offshore of the pacific Ocean, which occurred on March 11, and sends prayers for earliest possible restoration as well as everyone’s safety and health.

RF Co., Ltd., and all of our affiliates are committed to the support of the disaster relief and restoration in the affected areas with our full efforts.

1.Aftermath of the Earthquake on the Sendai showroom
We were preparing to open our Sendai Showroom from March 19th. Our employees in Sendai, who were preparing for the opening event from the previous week, were also among those affected by the earthquake. Fortunately, all of them were safe.

  • Some of our staff who still remain in Sendai are without electricity, water, and the ability to make telephone calls.
    One of our female employees in Sendai during the earthquake requires psychological care.
  • The corporate housing we were preparing in Wakabayashi-ku was washed away by the tsunami.
  • The building where the showroom was planned to open requires reconstruction.

2.Our Actions to Assist the Recovery Efforts in Northern Japan
The principle product of our company is a digital x-ray sensor, NAOMI. This is a medical device that is required in daily treatment of patients in the medical and dental fields.
In all of Japan, especially the northern prefectures, many clinics are still using x-ray machines that require film. Implementation of digital x-ray sensors is unavoidable considering the broken automatic film developing systems as well as the shortages in the provisions of film and developing solutions.
Therefore, we have organized a team of 15 employees at our Nagano headquarters, changing our efforts to emergency assistance in Sendai and Omiya where we had planned to open showrooms.
We will start the relief work in Northern Japan on March 20th with 5 emergency assistance vehicles certified by Nagano Police Department.
We are working to increase production of NAOMI at our Nagano headquarters, but we need to gather information about how our component manufacturers and suppliers have been impacted. We are ready to work throughout our holidays and weekends to start the production as soon as possible.

3.Provision of Autopsy Equipment Requested by Police Dentists
We will provide a large number of digital x-ray equipment, although we are unsure as to how many units, for the identification of earthquake and tsunami victims. We will bear any other related costs.
In addition, strong requests for further assistance, such as maintaining equipment, have been increasing each day from medical institutions in areas that have been affected.
We plan to gather people from our branch offices at our Nagano headquarters and do whatever we can to cooperate with Omiya and Sendai as much as the status of aftershocks, entry to the disaster-stricken areas, and reconstruction will allow. We ask for your support and participation in these efforts.

March 16, 2011
RF Co., Ltd.
CEO Jiro Maruyama

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Earthpuake in Northern Japan