Power outage Western confectionery factory Cannot produce cream puffs, etc. Chiba Shibayamacho September 18 12:24
At the confectionery manufacturer's factory in Shibayama-cho, northeastern Chiba Prefecture, power outages continued due to the impact of Typhoon No. 15, and the main product, which accounts for 80% of sales, cannot be manufactured.
This factory was producing the company's main products, such as shoe ice cream and cream puffs, but power outages continue due to typhoons.
The factory has an emergency generator, but it is too busy to move the freezer that stores the goods in stock, and the production line cannot be moved. In addition, about 11 tons of raw eggs and fresh cream that had expired had to be discarded.
As the severe situation in which products that account for 80% of the sales cannot be manufactured continues, it is uncertain that the outage will be resolved, so this factory wants to resume production as early as 22 days by borrowing a large generator. The
Fumio Tsuchiya, plant manager of Hirota Chiba Factory of Western confectionery, said, “It's hard for the company to be able to produce at this time when three consecutive holidays have continued and sales are growing. "