Honda has stopped work in a factory in Britain

The British newspaper said Honda’s auto industry may have to stop work Bmsnaha in Swindon in the UK next month because of the impact of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami winds on 11 March. The Guardian that the Japanese company would approve a plan this week on how to solve the growing problem for the provision of car parts. She explained that Honda would consider several options, including the closure of the Swindon plant reaches the number of employees to three thousand, or temporarily reduce production.

The factory produces about 165 thousand cars, the Civic and CR-U and S, and may in a year, and that he was suffering from a lack of power electronics, parts and brakes. , Each containing one of these cars on the approximately twenty thousand pieces come 10 or 15% of them from Japan. A spokesman for Honda said that all options are open, although a decision will be taken this week. The Guardian said that the impact of the earthquake and tsunami was also reflected in the Toyota factories in Britain Bernaston. And will keep the company on a temporary suspension of overtime factory had started mid last month. A spokesman for Nissan also said the company is monitoring its operations in Britain.

The paper quoted President of the Union of Manufacturers and car dealers in Britain, Paul Everett that the supply of car parts from Japan will affect the automotive industry in Britain, but the strength and duration of this effect remains unknown. It also quoted Manmohan Sudi expert on supply management at the University of London’s Cass Business as saying that there were aftershocks auto industry reflected the repercussions of the earthquake, and may have been smaller but still important. The Guardian noted that car sales in Japan fell last month by 37% to represent the largest percentage drop since 1974. Although most of the auto manufacturers were not affected by the quake did not cause direct damage by the large most of them will not return to work fully until the middle of next month.

Has closed 18 plants of Toyota plants in Japan after the earthquake, but resumed work in two of them to produce some of the Prius hybrid cars. But Honda said it would resume production of spare parts for export tomorrow to resume work with all its factories in Japan after seven days, but half of its original capacity. Did not announce the start of full production. Nissan said that announced that production has fallen by 55 thousand cars last month to work with all car assembly plants, except for one, will resume mid-month. Excluded and the factory is located in Iwaki, at a distance of only 50 km from the Fukushima nuclear plant.

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