Japan Electronics andInformation TechnologyIndustries AssociationJanuary 29, 2018
To members of the press
Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA)

Contribution to Customer and Societal Development on the Semiconductor Industry
Association in Japan and by Building a Framework for Disaster Preparedness
Preparation of Compilation of Technical Case Studies Directed at Semiconductor Plants for
Earthquake Countermeasures
Today the Semiconductor Industry Association in Japan (JSIA) (Chairperson, Semiconductor Board(JSIA) : Tetsuya Tsurumaru, Representative Director & Chairman, Renesas Electronics Corporation) of theJapan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) announced that the JSIA has
prepared the "Compilation of Technical Case Studies on Earthquake Countermeasures", which pools thetechnologies and know-how of all of the companies that are members of the Semiconductor Industry
Association in Japan.
Because of the lessons of earthquakes such as the Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake andKumamoto earthquakes, the Semiconductor Industry Association in Japan formed the BusinessContinuity Management Task Force (BCM-TF) within the Semiconductor Industry Association in Japan inAugust of 2016, and this task force has continued a study on disaster preparedness and on building aframework for cooperation when a disaster occurs. The focus by BCM-TF has been on the area ofcoordination of seismic reinforcement technologies for semiconductor plants as disaster preparedness,and the task force has most recently prepared the Compilation of Technical Case Studies on Earthquake
Countermeasures, which pools the technologies and know-how of each company. This compilation ofcase studies is made to be shared between companies that are members of BCM-TF and with firms eachcompany does business with. It pulls together cases of the hardware and management of production
plants, and includes items such as past cases of the damage from and countermeasures for earthquakes,
seismic reinforcement measures for plant and equipment, and techniques for information sharing. The
plan is that reinforcement (retrofitting) be encouraged for effective disaster preparedness by the sharingof the experience, knowledge and technologies possessed by each company, and furthermore, that
there be thorough dissemination to and sharing with affiliated companies by seminars conducted in thefuture based on this compilation of case studies.
Today, the twelve companies that are members of the Semiconductor Industry Association in Japan
also agreed to mutual cooperation at the time of disasters. This agreement is that the companies willseek to provide continuity of product supply, contributing to customer and societal development, by
clarifying a framework for collaboration and cooperation as the semiconductor industry in cases ofdamage suffered due to an earthquake or other disaster.
As an industry group, JEITA will contribute to customers and to society by building a framework forcoordination at the time of an emergency response such as when a disaster occurs, while valuing
healthy competition, leading to development of the industry. Announcements related to future
initiatives will be provided on an as-needed basis.
[Contact for inquiries from companies/groups related to this matter]
Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) Electronic Devices
Department (Assigned to: Inoue)
TEL：03-5218-1061 E-mail：sspg@jeita.or.jp[Contact for inquiries from the press related to this matter]
Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) General Planning
Department PR Office (Assigned to: Yoshida)
TEL：03-5218-1053 E-mail：press@jeita.or.jp

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