Toyota Outlines Timeline for Production Normalization
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Tokyo, Apr 22, 2011 – (JCN Newswire) – Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced today that its production operations, which were negatively affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, are expected to normalize around November or December 2011.
In Japan, depending on vehicle model, normalization* of production is expected to start in July, with normalization completing around November or December.
Outside Japan, depending on region and vehicle model, normalization of production is expected to start in August, with normalization completing around November or December.
“To all the customers who made the decision to buy a vehicle made by us, I sincerely apologize for the enormous delay in delivery. Immediately after the earthquake, Toyota, like others, sent its employees into the disaster zone to join forces with our plants, dealers and suppliers to take steps toward recovery. I, too, visited the affected areas several times,” said TMC President Akio Toyoda at a press conference today announcing the normalization timeline. “I saw people’s efforts first hand, and I was filled with confidence that their hard work would make possible a quicker recovery of production.”
*As measured in terms of the annual production plan.
About Toyota
Supported by people around the world, Toyota Motor Corporation (TSE: 7203; NYSE: TM), has endeavored since its establishment in 1937 to serve society by creating better products. As of the end of March 2010, Toyota conducts its business worldwide with 51 overseas manufacturing companies in 26 countries and regions. Toyota’s vehicles are sold in more than 170 countries and regions. For more information, please visit www.toyota.co.jp/en/index.html.
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Toyota Motor Corporation Corporate Communications Department Public Affairs Division Tel: +81-3-3817-9150
Apr 22, 2011
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