Toyota announces production ramp-up in North America
April 25, 2011
Toyota has announced that its global production will begin to ramp up as soon as July in Japan and August in North America, with all models back to normal production by November or December 2011. The one-month difference in the start date is due to the time required to ship parts from Japan to overseas plants.
Currently, manufacturing plants in Japan are working at 50% capacity due to parts availability, while those in North America are operating at 30% capacity because of the parts supply situation. Toyota said it plans to continue procuring parts from the same suppliers, but it will consider substitute parts from other suppliers. Replacement parts for sales service and repair are available.
PHH will continue to communicate with our import manufacturer partners and provide you with timely updates concerning factory orders, dealers’ inventory and out-of-stock purchases.
