The Japanese car manufacturing company Toyota announced that from March 22 to 31 it will halt production of one of its domestic lines as a result of a shortage of chips, which could be a new blow to its manufacturing.

The decision was published through a statement in which the company indicates that one of the “two production lines of its Fujimatsu plant, in the center of the archipelago, will remain stopped”. They stressed that the recent and repeated production adjustments are consequence of the “shortage of component” derived from the Covid-19 pandemic”.

The Japanese car manufacturer made the announcement just one day after the production stoppage was known, until further notice, at the facilities located in the Chinese city of Changchun, where a new epidemic outbreak was discovered last Friday that forced the authorities to order the confinement of the 9 million people who inhabit the city.

Toyota to reduce production from April

The production of the Japanese manufacturer has been quite affected by the constant epidemiological outbreaks in Asian countries that have impacted the “component supply chain, especially semiconductors.”

Another factor that impacted the company’s production was the cyberattack to one of its suppliers that affected the platform for ordering and delivering components that forced the company to close all its national plants on March 1st. Since January the company has intermittently suspended production on several of its 28 production lines at 14 plants located in Japan and abroad.

The company informed its suppliers of the decision to cut planned national production by 20%, starting in April, in order to support suppliers that are experiencing difficulties. However, the company plans to produce 11 million vehicles until March 2023.

M. Rodríguez

Source: 800noticias.com

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