Hope everyone reading this is doing fine during the COVID-19 pandemic.
These days, we hear a lot about essential businesses/non-essential businesses.
Essential businesses refer to ones that our day-to-day lives rely too much on, such as banks, hospitals and supermarkets etc.
Corrugated industry is not as obvious, but it certainly plays an essential role in delivering things to people in need.
As a matter of fact, corrugated box manufacturers have been designated as an essential business.
And if they are essential businesses, we are too.
As in many other countries, the state of emergency has been declared in Japan.
Some of us had already started working remotely before all this happened.
Fortunately, 80% of our people drive to work, and that makes social distancing easier for us than most of Japanese people who commute in a packed train.
We are taking a lot more measures so that none of us will be infected.
The pandemic has damaged the economy in many parts of the world.
If you look at the corrugated industry, as people spend more time at home, the demand for corrugated boxes for certain items has increased.
That is why we have to make sure that their machines keep running. We have urgent repair works at customers that cannot be postponed.
On the other hand, we’ve got some of the overseas installations on hold. We do appreciate your patience.
We will do everything we can to balance our own safety and support for our customers.
Hopefully things will get back to normal soon. Till then, please stay safe.
