Updated status of Gigaphoton Group Concerning the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (Report #3)

March 17, 2020

We offer our deepest condolences to those who have died due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and wish a speedy recovery of infected people and sincerely hope that the infection will be contained soon.」

This is an updated status of the Gigaphoton Group concerning the infection prevention measures for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Status of employees

To prevent the impact on our production and support activities, and operation of factories of our customers due to the spread of infection, we are implementing measures such as restrictions on overseas and domestic business travel, working from home and working in shifts.

Production and Supply Chain

Since there are no serious problems with the production and supply capabilities of our suppliers at present, the production of laser products and spare parts stays uninterrupted. However, one of the risk factors is that some suppliers are using parts from out side of Japan, and we will continue to watch the situation in this regard.

Service Support

Regarding service support, the head office functions such as parts supply and technical support are being carried out as usual. Regarding on-site service support to individual customers, please contact our local representative or at the contact information given below.

We will continue providing appropriate information through our web site.

* The next report is due to be released around March 24.

Gigaphoton Inc.

President and CEO

Katsumi Uranaka

Media inquiries:

Corporate Planning Department

Kenji Takahisa: web_info@gigaphoton.com

TEL: +81-285-37-6931

For inquiries regarding supply chain:

Purchasing Section, Production Department

Yoshinori Ohta: yoshinori_ohta@gigaphoton.com