Japan's Toyota Motor says quake impacts output of 55,000 vehicles |
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TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - Japan's Toyota Motor Corp said Monday production of around 55,000 vehicles has been affected as a result of a temporary shutdown in its operations in the wake of last week's powerful earthquake.Damage from the quake caused some parts suppliers, including Riken Corp to halt output of key engine components.This in turn prompted Toyota to suspend operations at all of its 12 assembly plants across Japan.Toyota will restart some of its assembly lines on Tuesday, Toyota Motor President Katsuaki Watanabe told a news conference.'By today, the earthquake had impacted the assembly of 46,000 vehicles, about 40 percent of which were for sale in Japan and the other 60 percent for export. And as part of our production capacity will still be suspended tomorrow, the affected volume would amount to 55,000 by tomorrow,' he said.Toyota's Tsutsumi plant, which makes the Prius hybrid car, will remain shut Tuesday until an unspecified time, while Toyota Auto Body Co, Toyota's assembly arm, will take over some of the Tsutsumi plant's Prius production, starting Tuesday, Toyota Motor Executive Vice President Takeshi Uchiyama said.yumiko.nishitaniyn/mb-yun/mbCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.
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Japanese automakers cut output after earthquake 