On Monday afternoon, our purchasing department was informed of the unfortunate news that
Scythe USA, one of the companies from which we stock products, will be shutting down their operations within the United States of America at the end of November.
According to the CEO of Scythe, Masahiro Sakai, the unexpected closure of Scythe USAs parent company is the cause for the sudden end of operations. However,
Scythe Japan will still maintain operations and will take care of whatever orders Scythe USA cannot fulfill by their closure date.
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Scythe USA will still accept purchase orders until Halloween, and RMA and warranty requests will be fulfilled until November 15, 2012, in advance of Scythe USA closing its doors fifteen days later on November 30.