Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Toyota Further Extends Shutdowns at Japanese Plants


Toyota said on Tuesday that is has decided to continue the vehicle-production halt that began on March 14 at all of its plants in Japan including subsidiary vehicle manufacturers through March 26, as the company faces shortages of parts from local suppliers that were affected by the disastrous earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear crisis that followed after. This is the second time in less than a week that Toyota extends a halt of its manufacturing plants in Japan.

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