Yazaki Starts Emergency Cable Export for Thailand

Yazaki Corporation decided emergency export of building electric wire from Japan to Thailand when cable orders are sharply increasing in Thailand for restoration of factories damaged by flood. Managing director of Yazaki’s power cable division Ko Yazaki attended a press meeting in Tokyo on Friday and told about the export plan. Yazaki plans emergency export of low voltage XLPE cables starting in February followed by two or three months. Yazaki has a local production subsidiary for power cables, named Thai-Yazaki Electric Wire, but Thai-Yazaki cannot meet the current strong demand independently. Orders are expanding for cable replacement in water-damaged factories.

Yazaki’s domestic building wire plants, Numazu factory and Fuji factory in Shizuoka are presently in full production involving operation on Saturdays. Exporting cables are now under final check since Thailand adopts International Electrotechnical Commission standard for electric cables, slightly different from Japanese Industrial Standards. The first shipment will depart Japan in February.

Thai-Yazaki is regarded as the top supplier of power cables in Thailand in copper volume. Mr. Ko Yazaki explained Yazaki’s power cable division instructed Thai-Yazaki to prepare inventories for demand expansion but there were more orders than expected and Thai-Yazaki became unable to meet the demand fully. Yazaki considers the demand expansion is the temporary movement and plans the export support for two-three months.

Yazaki implemented emergency import of high voltage power cables from Thai-Yazaki for March-July 2011 when cable demand temporarily expanded in Japan after the Japan Earthquake.