Using more common parts could help Toyota defeat next supply-chain breakdown
Toyota Motor Corp. is implementing action plans, generally based on the lessons learned from the March earthquake in Japan, in order to recover quickly in case of a supply-chain breakdown... Read more
Toyota supplies of most vehicles will begin rebounding in July
Supplies of most of Toyota's vehicle units will start rebounding in July, which is four months ahead than predicted. However, the company disclosed that car models built in Japan, like... Read more
Mazda expects a 16 percent fall in operating profit this year
Mazda Motor Corp expects a 16 percent drop in operating profit in 2011 as it reels under the supply chain disruptions after the March 11 earthquake and a stronger yen. The company... Read more
Toyota says that 30 types of components are still affected by the earthquake
Toyota Motor Corp. is cooperating with components manufacturers to restore inventories of 30 types of parts that are still feeling the impact of the Japan earthquake last March. After the... Read more
Honda’s daily production at US plants is reduced by 50%
Starting Wednesday, Honda Motor Co.’s daily output at its U.S. assembly plants will be halved as parts from supply of parts coming from Japanese suppliers decline. Even if Honda’s... Read more
Report: Toyota will begin rationing its spare parts
The shortage of spare parts that originate from suppliers devastated by the recent Japan earthquake is already affecting Toyota and Lexus dealerships in the United States. Dealers... Read more
Volkswagen says its production was not affected by the earthquake in Japan
Volkswagen AG’s CEO Martin Winterkorn said at a recent press conference in Salzburg, Austria that its production has not been affected by disruptions at Japanese parts makers because of... Read more
World’s largest maker of automotive microcontrollers affected by Japan earthquake
The world’s largest maker of automotive micro-controllers and which consequently plays a major role in Japan’s parts shortage issue, Renesas Electronics Corp., in a statement said it aims... Read more
Toyota President visits facilities, dealers hit by earthquake
Akio Toyoda, the President of Toyota Motor Corp. and the grandson of its founder, visited parts in Japan that were ravaged by the earthquake. On Monday and Tuesday, Toyoda went to Miyagi... Read more
Toyota admits shortage of 500 parts, can’t tell when full production resumes
With the disruption of supplies to carmakers’ plants, it would take a considerable amount of time before full production of Japanese automakers such as Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor... Read more
Product development of Honda’s r&d center to be delayed by at least 2 weeks
Product development at Honda’s global r&d center, which suffered extensive damage as a result of the earthquake in Japan, will be delayed by at least two weeks. While repairs are ongoing,... Read more
Ford plant in Genk, Belgium, will stop production for 5 days in April
Operations at Ford Motor Co.’s auto plant in Genk, Belgium, will stop for five days beginning April 4 in order to conserve parts. Supplies of parts for automakers have been disrupted due... Read more
Honda needs several months for its r&d center in Japan to resume full operation
Being one of the automakers hit hardest by Japan’s earthquake crisis, Honda Motor Co. – which had previously suspended vehicle production through March 27, 2011 – says two of its plants... Read more
Suzuki, Nissan reopen several plants in Japan
Suzuki Motor Corp., which has three plants in Japan, halted vehicle production last Thursday but it has already announced that commercial vehicle output will resume on Monday and Tuesday.... Read more
IHS Automotive predicts widespread disruption of car production by mid-April
By the third week of April, the disruptions of the production of carmakers outside Japan may be more widespread as parts shortages get worse, according to a forecast by IHS Automotive.... Read more
Toyota issues memo to workers, retailers about reducing production
Toyota Motor Corp. told workers and retailers that it is likely to cut production at its North American plants due to the supply-chain disruptions from the earthquake in Japan. Toyota... Read more
European staff of BMW, VW moving out of Japan
Numerous European nationals, including staff at BMW AG and Volkswagen AG, are leaving Japan as the government tries to cool the nuclear reactors affected by the earthquake. Prime Minister... Read more
Nissan expects to resume major production at Iwaki facility in mid-April
Nissan Motor Co. is finding it difficult to restart car production as about 40 component suppliers in Japan are still not operating normally. CEO Carlos Ghosn said that electronic... Read more
Honda Fit Shuttle delayed by the earthquake in Japan
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan on March 11 are now starting to affect the long-term plans of Japanese auto makers. Honda, which has not been as devastated as competitors Nissan and... Read more
Suzuki will suspend again its Japanese production through March 27
Suzuki Motor Corp. will again suspend operations at its Japanese facilities through March 27, 2011, after briefly resuming production following the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that occurred... Read more
Nissan, other auto parts manufacturers in Japan resume production
Several Japanese manufacturers have resumed production of auto parts in Japan, although in a limited capacity. Industrial output in Japan has been disrupted for over a week ever since the... Read more
Toyota and Honda extended factory shutdowns in Japan
Small Japanese carmakers resumed limited production following the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, while Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. extended factory... Read more
Nissan monitors radiaton levels of imported cars from Japan
To reassure customers, Nissan Americas has started to monitor vehicles imported from Japan for radioactive material – the first Japanese automaker to do so. There has been concern that... Read more
Nissan has enough parts at European plants to last 6 weeks
Nissan Motor Co. has a sufficient number of parts in stock at its European plants to operate for about six weeks, according to Nissan Senior Vice President Andy Palmer. Nissan anticipates... Read more
Toyota facing worst-case scenarios of long-term production shortfalls in Japan
In the aftermath of the disaster in Japan, Toyota Motor Corp.’s plants remain closed. Toyota may be facing its worst long-term production shortfalls as many of the plants of its various... Read more
Chrysler says output is still unaffected by Japan tragedy, sees impact after a month
It may take 4-6 weeks for the “full brunt” of the Japan disaster to affect the U.S. auto industry's supply chain, according to Dan Knott, Chrysler's senior vice president for purchasing.... Read more
Deliveries of 2012 Nissan GT-R to the US are delayed due to earthquake in Japan
In the aftermath of the earthquake in Japan, carmakers are assessing just how much their operations are affected. Shipments of the 2012 Nissan GT-R to the US have encountered delays;... Read more
Toyota says its northern Japanese factories were not quite affected by earthquake
Toyota Motor Corp.’s first damage report for its northern Japanese factories - in the region affected by the devastating March 11, 2011 earthquake – revealed that some fixtures and... Read more
Mazda and Subaru extended production shutdowns in Japan
With the continuing parts shortages that resulted from the earthquake in Japan, Mazda Motor Corp. and Subaru parent Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. have extended production shutdowns in Japan... Read more
Toyota estimates production loss of 40,000 vehicles due to Japan earthquake
The recent earthquake in Japan has damaged several of Toyota Motor Corp.’s key production facilities in the country. The industry is hampered further with electric shortages across the... Read more
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