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Nissan to restore predisaster output in June
TOKYO, May 20 Kyodo -
Nissan Motor Co. is expected to restore its global output in June to the level it planned before the March 11 earthquake and tsunami given the good prospects for procuring components, industry sources said Friday.
The nation's second-largest automaker has proposed to parts manufacturers that it will make about 98,000 vehicles in Japan, the same output it had planned to make before the disaster, the sources said.
It also proposed to make some 285,000 vehicles overseas, slightly more than the company had planned before the quake, which devastated northeastern Japan and disrupted a supply chain, the sources said.
Regarding output in May, Nissan has proposed to operate its domestic and overseas plants at a rate of about 90 percent of the original plan.
But the output level in July and later is uncertain as procurement of certain parts remains unstable, the sources said.
Nissan President Carlos Ghosn told a news conference last week that the company plans to resume full-blown production of its vehicles globally in October.
According to the sources, Nissan's output at the Tochigi plant will be increased about 2 percent from the initial plan to 16,000 units in June, thanks to a full recovery of its engine plant in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, after being damaged by the disaster.
Production will also be raised at its Kyushu plant by some 2 percent to 41,000 units, and at its subsidiary Nissan Shatai Co. by about 5 percent to 17,000 units, but cut at its Oppama plant in Kanagawa Prefecture by some 8 percent to 24,000 units.
Toyota Motor Corp. has said it will restore its global production in June to 70 percent of the prequake level, while Honda Motor Co. has said it will keep its current 50 percent production cut in Japan for the month.
Nissan Motor Co. is expected to restore its global output in June to the level it planned before the March 11 earthquake and tsunami given the good prospects for procuring components, industry sources said Friday.
The nation's second-largest automaker has proposed to parts manufacturers that it will make about 98,000 vehicles in Japan, the same output it had planned to make before the disaster, the sources said.
It also proposed to make some 285,000 vehicles overseas, slightly more than the company had planned before the quake, which devastated northeastern Japan and disrupted a supply chain, the sources said.
Regarding output in May, Nissan has proposed to operate its domestic and overseas plants at a rate of about 90 percent of the original plan.
But the output level in July and later is uncertain as procurement of certain parts remains unstable, the sources said.
Nissan President Carlos Ghosn told a news conference last week that the company plans to resume full-blown production of its vehicles globally in October.
According to the sources, Nissan's output at the Tochigi plant will be increased about 2 percent from the initial plan to 16,000 units in June, thanks to a full recovery of its engine plant in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, after being damaged by the disaster.
Production will also be raised at its Kyushu plant by some 2 percent to 41,000 units, and at its subsidiary Nissan Shatai Co. by about 5 percent to 17,000 units, but cut at its Oppama plant in Kanagawa Prefecture by some 8 percent to 24,000 units.
Toyota Motor Corp. has said it will restore its global production in June to 70 percent of the prequake level, while Honda Motor Co. has said it will keep its current 50 percent production cut in Japan for the month.
