Nissan adjusts production in July due to chip shortage - sources
22/06/2021 10:15
TOKYO, June 22 (Reuters) - Japan's Nissan Motor Co 7201.T
will adjust production at several factories next month due to
the global chip shortage, three sources with direct knowledge of
the plan told Reuters on Tuesday.
Japan's third-largest automaker will halt production at a
factory in Tochigi, eastern Japan, for a total of three days in
July, the sources said, declining to be identified because the
plan is not public.
It will idle its plant in Kyushu, southern Japan for two
days next month, they said, adding that the factory will cancel
the night shift as well.
Another Kyushu plant will also only operate on daytime shift
work for a certain period next month, the people said.
Nissan's Oppama plant, another domestic assembly plant
located in Kanagawa, has been adjusting production since mid-May
by operating without a night shift and will continue to do so in
July, the sources said.
"Due to the global chip shortage, Nissan is adjusting
production and is taking necessary actions to ensure recovery,"
a Nissan spokesperson said, without elaborating.
Nissan, like other automakers, has been making production
adjustments because of a worldwide chip supply crunch. The
automaker has said the shortage will likely affect the
production of 500,000 vehicles this year.
The automaker's chief executive Makoto Uchida told
shareholders at the annual general meeting earlier on Tuesday
that the company was minimising the negative impact of the chip
shortage.
He added that Nissan was trying to make up for the
production loss within the financial year and to take action to
ensure stability in its supply of parts.
(Reporting by Maki Shiraki; Writing by Eimi Yamamitsu; Editing
by Louise Heavens)
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