Honda Wuhan plant production postponed Nissan Kyushu plant also suspended February 14 11:55
As the spread of the new coronavirus continues in China, Honda has postponed the reopening of the car factory in Wuhan, Hubei Province for another week for about one week due to a notification from local authorities next week. Announced to be the week of the day.
Local authorities in Hubei Province, where the spread of the new coronavirus is the worst, have postponed a one-week resumption of business activity on Thursday, alerting Tuesday to the 21st.
Honda was hoping to restart its car factory in Wuhan, Hubei Province, the week of next week, but has been notified and has decided to postpone it further.
According to the company, factory workers will be on duty from the 21st and production will resume from the week of the 24th.
The automakers in Guangzhou, other than Honda's Wuhan, are preparing to resume production this week with employees coming to work this week.
Meanwhile, Nissan Motor's plants in Guangzhou and Dalian are expected to resume production from the 17th of this month, and the plants in Xiangyang, Hubei Province and Zhengzhou, Henan Province will resume production from 20th.
In addition, Nissan has decided to adjust production at its domestic plant due to delays in parts procurement from China.Nissan Motor's Kyushu plant in Fukuoka Prefecture on the 14th, 17th, and 24th Pause production.
Most Japanese automakers' plants in China have not been able to resume production, and a delay in procurement of parts from China could have an impact on domestic production.
Nissan Motor Kyushu has factories in Fukuoka Prefecture
Nissan Motor's subsidiary Nissan Motor Kyushu's plant in Kanda-machi, Fukuoka Prefecture, temporarily stopped production on the 14th.
According to the company, this plant produces passenger cars and SUVs for export, and last year accounted for nearly half of domestic production, making it the largest production site in Japan.
However, the spread of the new coronavirus has prevented some parts from being procured from China.
For this reason, production will be suspended on the 17th and 24th of this month, and between 18th and 21st of this month, the daily operation will be shortened by 2 hours to adjust production.
The factory is producing two shifts a day. Usually, many workers go to work before the start of the morning, and on the morning of the 14th, people and cars heading to the factory were sparse.
A male employee in his 40s said, "I still don't feel the impact is getting bigger, but I'm worried that prolonged holidays will make it clear sooner."
In addition, a male employee in his 50s said, "I want you to operate normally because it is a busy period at the end of the fiscal year. I want to take a good rest and refresh yourself in preparation for the holidays."
Meanwhile, the same subsidiary, Nissan Shatai, located on the premises of the plant, will cancel its scheduled holiday operation on the 15th and 22nd, effectively suspending production.