The American division of Isuzu trucks recently announced that they have begun production at their Fujisawa plant after production was disrupted since the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami which struck Japan early in March.
Isuzu’ Fujisawa plant produces diesel components and engines as well as their N Series trucks for their market in North America and commercial parts and vehicles for their worldwide market. The Fujisawa plant first opened its doors on January, 1962.
All the production operations were stalled at this plant till March 28, after which testing of production equipment took place by using vehicles which were already in the process of production. According to the director and executive VP of Isuzu Motors Ltd., Ryozo Tsukioka, they have confirmed whether the equipments were functioning normally, and whether they could begin with the trial production according to plan.
Production at this plant will build up gradually to its earlier level as the availability of parts supply and electricity continue to remain inconsistent. As a result of this, Isuzu will soon release a timetable about their return toward full production capacity sometime soon.
The general manager and executive VP of Isuzu’s American division, Shaun C. Skinner, said that they are very grateful Isuzu Motors Ltd. has taken steps to ensure that vehicle productions resumes safely. They know that their customers and dealers have understood that it will be some time before the normal schedules of vehicle distribution begin, and they have appreciated their patience, now that production has commenced.
Many major Japanese auto manufacturers had their production affected as their plants based in Japan were struck by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami. Moreover, many American and foreign auto manufacturers had to stall or delay their production because of late supply of parts and components from their Japanese plants.
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