Disaster preparedness is now an indispensable Yamada, Director and Managing Executive Officer, shared the background behind the project as follows.“Around March 2021, there were many earthquakes in Japan, and there was a big one in the Kanto region. So, when I was buying disaster prevention goods, I thought that commercially available paper plates and cups could not be used if they were crushed. In that case, I thought it would be nice to have something that can be used flat at first and then easily turned into tableware. During the Golden Week holidays in the spring, I was at home because I couldn’t go out due to the coronavi-rus pandemic, so I was putting my ideas into sketches during that time,” he says. The prototype has completed in about a month, and the company’s employees traced it, and the original drawing has completed.The key to a structure that can withstand these capaci-21part of the lives of ordinary households and businesses. Especially with the recent series of major earthquakes that have occurred in various parts of Japan, this may be an opportunity to take a fresh look at disaster prevention goods. Okumura Printing’s paper tableware “Beak,” which can be assembled into plates, cups, and rice bowls from a single sheet of paper, is attracting attention as a space-saving di-saster supply container that can be stored in large quantities by companies and municipalities because it fits on an A4 sheet of paper.Mr. Hideo YamadaOkumura PrintingPaper tableware for stockpilingOkumura Printing, a company whose main business is com-mercial and publication printing, has launched an assem-bled paper tableware “Beak” in 2022, which is slightly differ-ent from its traditional business field. The developer, Hideo Full-capacity flatware, cups, and rice bowls can be assembledThe Beak can be used to make three types of tableware: flatware, cups, and rice bowls, simply by cutting out a mold along the converted A4 paper and assembling it along the folded lines. “The initial lineup consisted of flat plates and cups, but when the president asked us to make a product in a size that could hold ramen, we came up with the idea of a bowl that could hold up to 670cc (when fully filled). The flat-ware and cups can hold up to 470cc and 280cc respectively, so there is no problem even if you put curry and rice, soup, etc. in them. The flat plate also has a spoon and fork pattern attached to the margins of the A4 paper, which can also be used by simply cutting and folding,” says Mr. Yamada. The actual assembly process can be viewed via QR code.High-strength ‘Beak’ tableware made of paper
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