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On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 8:50 AM, positif01 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > One bad news come on top of another making it like a falling cards circling > around before it gets to the core. Worse will soon come to worst as the bad > keeps coming to the worse counting each coming single day. > > Now, Toyota to halt production in *Europe* and operate plants in *Britain, > France, Poland and Turkey* at a reduced volume. The worse is now getting > its way to Indonesia as it has already got as close as to *the Philippines > * where they have said to suspend operation next week due to a shortage of > parts. > > Toyota was last week threatened with a downgrade of its long-term credit > rating by Moody's, one month after Standard & Poor's cut its rating. > > Courtesy of news from the Wall Street Journal and Associated Press, > Wednesday, April 13, 2011, New York time. > > *Toyota To Halt Production In Europe* > > Japanese vehicle giant Toyota will temporarily halt production at five > European plants for several days in April and May, due to a shortage of > parts following the March 11 earthquake. > > The plants in Britain, France, Poland and Turkey would also operate at a > reduced volume throughout May "in order to manage available parts supply", > the company announced on Wednesday. > > Japan's leading vehicle makers have been forced to suspend production due > to the impact of the huge earthquake and tsunami, with crucial supply chains > broken and power cuts prompting plants to be shuttered. > > Toyota joins its Japanese rivals Nissan Motor and Honda Motor in cutting > back output in Europe. > > The world's biggest vehicle maker said on Wednesday that three vehicle > production plants - Burnaston in England, Adapazari in Turkey and Onnaing in > France - would be affected by the latest production issues. > > Output at engine manufacturing facilities in Jelcz-Laskowice in Poland and > in Deeside, Wales, will also be halted. > > Toyota said eight non-production dates between April 21 and May 2 have been > scheduled, although this coincided with some previously planned public or > company holidays at some facilities. > > "Even though most of our parts come from European suppliers, we are > experiencing gaps in our supply chain due to the situation in Japan," Didier > Leroy, president and CEO of Toyota Motor Europe said in a statement. > > "By adjusting our production in Europe, we are adapting to the current > situation whilst not completely interrupting our deliveries of vehicles to > our customers." > > Toyota has previously said it will suspend all output operations at most of > its 14 North American factories for four to five weekdays later this month. > > It also said on Wednesday it would suspend operations in the Philippinesfrom > Monday through Wednesday next week due to a shortage of parts, with > Ford operations there also affected. > > Toyota last week said production at its factories in Japan would restart > from April 18 until April 27 at 50 per cent of normal pace. > > The production halts have hit Toyota at a time when it was recovering from > a recall crisis that brought the quality of its vehicles into question. > > Toyota was last week threatened with a downgrade of its long-term credit > rating by Moody's, one month after Standard & Poor's cut its rating. > > '+' > > >
