Mitsubishi Electric, a major electronics manufacturer, has decided to suspend production of household refrigerators at its Shizuoka factory for 10 days due to a stagnation in the supply of some parts from Southeast Asia, where the infection of the new coronavirus continues to spread. I decided.
Mitsubishi Electric has decided to suspend production of household refrigerators at its Shizuoka Plant in Shizuoka City for 10 days from the 11th to the 22nd of this month.
This is because in Southeast Asia, where the infection of the new coronavirus continues to spread, the supply of some parts is stagnant due to the suspension of operations at the factories of our business partners.
However, the air conditioner production line produced at this factory is operating normally.
The company wants to resume production of refrigerators on the 25th of this month, and says, "I want to try to recover production."
Due to the spread of infection in Southeast Asia, automobile manufacturers such as Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. have been forced to reduce production, and the impact is spreading to electric appliance manufacturers.