Denso and a subsidiary, Denso East Japan Corp., have agreed to temporarily lend Denso East Japan's plant to Fujikura Rubber Ltd., which has plants that have not operated since the quake. The agreement came after Fujikura Rubber approached Denso about using the factory to produce industrial rubber products. Denso already had made the buildings of Denso East Japan, of Tamura City in quake-ravaged Fukushima Prefecture, available as an emergency evacuation area. Denso East Japan, a wholly-owned unit of Denso Corp., began construction of its sole manufacturing plant last year and had targeted a May 2011 production launch date. Although established in April 2008, Denso East Japan had postponed construction of its plant and the launch of operations due to the recession.