Explosion and Fire at Himeji Plant (#19)

NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD [Tokyo Stock Exchange – TOKSE: 4114.T] (“NIPPON SHOKUBAI”) is deeply saddened by the loss of life resulting from the accident at the Himeji Plant on September 29, 2012 and extends its sincere condolences to the family members. NIPPON SHOKUBAI extends its sincere apologies to the individuals who were injured by this accident and to the enormous problems this incident caused for the neighborhood of the plant and to other people associated with this incident.

NIPPON SHOKUBAI had received an order to suspend operation of the facilities of hazardous substances in the plant since the day of the accident. After that NIPPON SHOKUBAI received lift of restrictions several times and restarted some facilities in order. Today, NIPPON SHOKUBAI received another lift of restrictions for the remaining two facilities in the plant as mentioned below;


Today, NIPPON SHOKUBAI received another lift of restrictions for total two production facilities as public safety for these was confirmed. With this lift of restrictions, NIPPON SHOKUBAI is able to restart all the 168 facilities which are subjects of the order of suspension.

Confirming sufficient safety of the facilities and operation management, NIPPON SHOKUBAI proceeds to restart the operation.



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