MOSCOW (MRC) -- Automaker Toyota Motor Corporation is suspending production on all assembly lines across Japan as a result of a parts shortage – but North American vehicle and parts production will not be affected, said Canplastics.
The pause in production in Japan will be in effect from February 8 to February 13, the company said in a statement.
According to Toyota, the six-day closure is a result of an explosion that occurred January 8 at an Aichi Steel Corp. manufacturing facility.
"Toyota will continue to take any measures necessary to minimize the impact of this incident on vehicle production," the company said. "Such measures may include production on alternate lines operated by Aichi Steel and procurement from other steelmakers."
Toyota vehicles are scheduled to begin production again on February 15. None of the company’s production outside of Japan will be affected, Toyota said.
As MRC informed earlier, Toyota Motor Corp said it will build new factories in Mexico and China, ending a self-imposed expansion freeze and putting more pressure on global rivals. The world's largest automaker by sales volume said it would build a USD1 billion plant with an annual capacity of 200,000 cars in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, increasing its overall North American production capacity by about the same number of vehicles. That plant, Toyota's first passenger car plant in Mexico, would have about 2,000 workers.
Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In March 2014 the multinational corporation consisted of 338,875 employees worldwide and, as of February 2016, is the 13th-largest company in the world by revenue.
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