Damaged special apple juice factory Nagano Oct. 21 20:14
In Toyono, Nagano City, where the bank of the Chikuma River broke down and was flooded over a wide area, the apple juice factory using special apples was damaged by water, making it impossible to operate.
In the apple juice manufacturing plant of the fruit processing company “Shou Kogen Foods” in Toyono, Nagano City, the water reaches a height of about 3 meters, and the machine that squeezes and bottles apples is immersed in water. , You can not operate.
On the 21st, factory employees washed machines and carried out cardboard boxes that could no longer be used by using water.
According to the company, all of the raw material apples must be washed away with water, and the damage cost can be as high as several hundred million yen, including the replacement cost of machinery.
This factory produces juice using local specialty apples, and in this heavy rain disaster, apple producers were damaged, so even if the factory could be restarted, the impact on production could be avoided. I don't think so.
Hiroshi Oshima, General Manager of Kotobuki Foods Toyono Plant, said, “This is the first time such flooding has been inundated. I do not know when the plant can be restarted, but I want to start it as soon as possible.”