Japan's car manufacturers resume production on the road to the latest situation this week

After the impact of earthquakes, tsunami and nuclear leaks, Japanese car manufacturers have embarked on the road to recovery. However, from this week's trend, the road is still rugged. . In addition to Nissan and Mazda, most automakers have once again stopped production or extended shutdowns due to electricity, fuel, parts and other reasons; most parts factories are in a state of accumulated production. The following is a summary of the operating status of the Japanese auto companies this week and the closure/reproduction plan:

Toyota's vehicle assembly plant was suspended until Saturday (working day) after Toyota's official website issued a statement on March 22: The company and its subsidiary's 12 vehicle assembly plants will be suspended until after Saturday, March 26th. According to the original plan, the 26th day belongs to the working day. At present, the exact date of resumption of production of the OEM is not yet clear.

The seven domestic auto parts production plants have been operating normally since the resumption of production on March 17. At the same time, the export of auto parts production resumed on March 21.

Nissan's five factories resumed production of parts on Monday and plans to restart vehicle production on the 24th. On March 20, 2011, Nissan’s official website stated that it still needs a certain amount of time to resume the supply of spare parts. Therefore, in addition to the Iwaki engine plant, All factories use partial operating modes.

The five factories in Japan's Oppama, Tochigi, Shatai, Fukushima and Kyushu reopened on Monday, March 21st, but the recovered business is limited Export of spare parts and maintenance spare parts (according to supplier's parts and components). The area where the Yucheng engine plant is located is affected by the aftershocks. The infrastructure is still in the process of restoration, and the normal operation time will be longer.

In addition, Nissan Motor plans to restart the production of the entire five vehicles in the above-mentioned factories on March 24, including the Tochigi production plant in the earthquake zone, which is responsible for the assembly of the Infiniti, 350Z and GT-R sports cars.

Honda's production cut-off period was extended from March 23 to March 27. Japan Motors announced on March 22 that it will extend the factory's production cut-off period from March 23 to March 27. The main factories involved include the Sayama plant in Saitama, the Mie factory in Suzuka, and the Ozu-machi factory in Kumamoto, which produces motorcycles. Kikuchi-gun factory.

It is reported that all Honda's domestic automakers in Japan have all been shut down since March 14. Among them, the production line at Ohira, Miyagi Prefecture, and Kanegasaki, Iwate Prefecture were severely damaged and could no longer be used.

Honda is currently collecting the necessary information by contacting the Tier 1 supplier to determine the operation after March 28th.

According to the official website of Honda, Honda's production plants in North America are in good condition. It was previously reported that the shutdown of the North American plant to May was a rumor. About 80% of the Honda and Acura models sold in the North American market are produced by local manufacturers, and most of the components are purchased locally.

In addition, the number of Honda employees injured in the earthquake was also corrected from the previous 30 to 17 people.

Mazda resumed production from the 22nd on the evening of March 14th, 2011. Mazda's factories in Hiroshima and Yamaguchi Prefecture (Hofu) stopped production due to the earthquake. The state was maintained until the 21st.

According to a decision made by Mazda on the 18th, the two factories still have parts and components inventory to resume operation on the 22nd, mainly producing replacement parts and export parts, and using inventory to maintain the assembly line to be completed (In-process). Vehicle. However, Mazda has not yet announced the model of the above vehicle.

Mazda said that temporary production will not affect the normal recovery of the assembly plant in the earthquake zone, and comprehensive and thorough parts and vehicle production decisions will be formulated within the next few days.

The Suzuki factory was shut down again to accumulate parts and components. According to Suzuki Motor’s official news, the entire vehicle business has been shut down except on the assembly line to be completed vehicles. Hideki Taguchi, spokesperson for Suzuki, said that the current automaker is only completing the assembly of more than half of the vehicles with spare parts, and thus “this means that it is not a true recovery of production.”

The supply situation of parts and components manufacturers in some of the affected areas is still severe. For the consideration of accumulating necessary parts and components, all vehicle assembly plants will stop operating during the rest of the week. The engine assembly plant will still maintain production on March 24 and 25th. On the 26th and 27th of the weekend, all factories shut down normally, and the operation after 28th is still to be determined.

The following two days of Suzuki's major factories in Japan are as follows:

March 24th, March 25th, Kosai plant passenger car assembly shutdown shutdown Iwata factory MPV and commercial vehicle assembly shutdown shutdown Sagara plant passenger car assembly shutdown shutdown Engine Assembly Running Operations Toyokawa Plant Motorcycle Assembly Operation Running Overboard Motor Assembly Running Operation Takatsuka Factory Motorcycle Engine Assembly Processing Operation Operation Osuka Factory Casting Operation Operation Fuji Heavy Industries Extended Shutdown to 24 On March 21, 2011, Fuji Heavy Industries announced that it will extend Subaru’s deadline for the shutdown of its production plant to Thursday, March 24th.

The earlier suspension period announced by Fuji Heavy Industries was March 22, but the company decided to prolong the downtime given that the recovery of parts suppliers after the earthquake and the power supply were still unsuccessful.

In addition, Fuji Heavy Industries has resumed the production of export parts on March 23. It is expected that local spare parts production will be resumed on the 24th to prepare for the restoration of the entire vehicle production.

Subaru's main manufacturing sites in Japan include: Gunma's main production plant, Yajima production plant in Gunma Prefecture, Ota northern plant in Gunma Prefecture, and Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture Factory and Isesaki factory.

Mitsubishi Motors restarted its SUV and commercial vehicle production line on the 24th. The passenger car plant is still closed. On March 23, 2011, Mitsubishi Motors' three assembly plants resumed production operations and used inventory parts for assembly. These parts were produced before the earthquake, but they were not delivered due to severe road conditions.

The company decided to restart its Pajero truck production plant on March 24th, which mainly produces Pajero SUVs, Delica D:5 trucks and Challenger SUVs. However, Mitsubishi Motors' two other passenger car assembly plants will remain closed.

Since Mitsubishi Motors’ parts suppliers to the Mitsubishi earthquake area still failed to resume production, the Mitsubishi Motors passenger car production line was shut down indefinitely from Wednesday.

Isuzu is expected to resume production on March 25th. On March 23, 2011, Isuzu officials said that the suspension of production will continue until March 24th. From the 25th onwards, factories in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture and Tochigi Prefecture will resume production. The Tochigi production plant will resume production. In addition, from March 28, Isuzu will gradually resume production of parts and components.