Toyota stopped production of Japan for 6 days and cut stainless run low

  TOKYO  - Toyota Motor Corp. suspended production at all assembly lines in Japan for six days this month due to lack of spare parts, auto exports to reach such luxury Lexus cars. Toyota said the shutdown comes after January 8 explosion in a steel factory in Japan to blow up the supply of steel used in parts such as engines, transmissions and chassis systems. And plants abroad function normally. Comment in the period from February 8 until February 13, Toyota may cost as much as 84,000 units of lost production, probably about 14200 units of exports to the United States. Toyota declined to detail the impact of the closure on production. However, the company produces about 14,000 Lexus, Toyota and Scion vehicles per day in Japan, and exports about 17 percent of the gross domestic product of the United States. In the United States, Toyota sources about 71 percent of its cars from North America. But plates bearing the major names, including more than Lexus and Scion lineups and leading Toyota Prius hybrid car is still imported from Japan. The blast occurred in the Aichi Steel Company plant in the city of Chita in Aichi, home of Toyota and the region and the main production base. Local Toyota assembly plants will resume operations on February 15, The company said it was looking for work around the lack of steel including steel from alternative sources in Aichi steel lines and get the metal from other steelmakers.

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