Akebono Brake Industry Cancels closure of factory in Soja City Continues production March 26 19:00

Akebono Brake Industry, an auto parts maker that is undergoing business restructuring, has withdrawn its policy to close its plant in Soka City, Okayama Prefecture, and has decided to continue production after reducing its scale.

The policy of closure was withdrawn at Akebono Brake Sanyo Manufacturing located in Soja City, Okayama Prefecture.

Akebono Brake Industry has deteriorated its business due to a decrease in orders from its main customer, an American automaker, and plans to revitalize its business announced last September. The plant will close in a few years Was shown.

However, due to the cancellation of overseas production of some parts and the receipt of new orders, we decided to cancel the policy of closure and continue production after reducing the scale.

The company says that it will consider the hiring of approximately 500 employees in the future.