Communication to customers and partners as well as tailored mitigation is already ongoing. “Konica Minolta sincerely apologises for the impact this may create to customers and partners and are working at full speed and on many levels to improve the situation as quickly as possible. Most likely, we may experience a certain shortage of toner supply from mid-September for a certain period. “Implications will be an upcoming disruption in the steady supply for consumables.

No one has been injured, damages were only of material nature. is evaluating the causes of the explosion in close collaboration with local fire and police departments. There were no injuries or casualties, but one unit of production equipment on the second floor of the production building was damaged, and the external wall of the third floor of the building was partially damaged.įollowing a request from Printweek for an update on the implications of the explosion on supply, Konica Minolta stated: “For the time being, the operation has been stopped while Konica Minolta, Inc. The incident took place at Konica Minolta Supplies Manufacturing Co’s Tatsuno Factory in the Tatsuno, Nagano Prefecture area of Japan on 12 August.Īccording to an earlier statement from the business, employees of the factory confirmed it was “an explosion in the production line” and immediately called the local fire department and police department, among others.

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