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    JELCO CLOSES DOORS

    Jul 20, 2020 1 minute

    chikawa Jewel Company, the Japanese manufacturer behind Jelco, which has been manufacturing phono cartridges, tonearms and turntable accessories, attributed this to a combination of the Covid-19 pandemic and the difficulty of maintaining the company’s engineering tools. “The novel corona virus pandemic continues to have a significant impact on our production lines, and so I have decided to terminate our business effective immediately,” wrote Ichikawa. “For the past few years, the business has endured a decline in labour productivity due to health issues arising from our aging skilled engineers.

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