Japanese companies postpone resuming operations at Chinese factories January 31 22:55
Japanese companies will postpone resuming operations at Chinese factories as Chinese local governments require companies to extend extended holidays to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. The movement is spreading.
Among them, Mazda has decided to extend the car holidays in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province and Changchun, Jilin Province, to February 9, from the beginning of February, which is the holiday season for the Chinese New Year.
Mitsubishi Motors also plans to extend the holidays scheduled for February 2 at the car factories in Changsha, Hunan Province and Fuzhou, Fujian Province by one week until February 9th.
Honda is extending its holidays from February 2 to February 13 at a car factory in Wuhan, Hubei Province, and also has a car factory in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province and a motorcycle factory in Jiangsu Province in February. We have decided to suspend until 9 days.
Regarding the resumption of plant operations, Toyota Motor has announced that it will postpone the plants in four cities in China from the beginning of February to the beginning of February 10.
In addition, Panasonic, which has a production machine base in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, has decided not to resume operations until February 9, and Hitachi, which also has an auto parts factory in Suzhou, has two That they will not resume operations until March 8.
It is difficult to predict how far the spread of the new coronavirus infection will affect production, and if it becomes even longer, it will have a significant impact on the production and sales of Japanese companies with local bases Is also a concern.