A spokesman for Toyota Motor Corp., said Monday it is inevitable that the company shall close its North American plants due to lack of parts of the Japan.
A Toyota spokesman said a shortage of parts caused by the earthquake and tsunami of the Japan would inevitably lead to the closure of the plant in North America. (Associated Press)Spokesman Mike Goss said that the cases are likely to take place later this month, affecting approximately 25 000 workers. But he said that no layoffs are expected.
He said the length of the cases is unknown and depends on the speed of the Japanese earthquake parts plants get damaged resume operations of.
Toyota gets about 15 percent of its parts of the Japan for cars and trucks built in North America.
The company has more than a dozen North American plants including three assembly plants in Ontario.
Goss made the comments Monday before the onset of Louisville, Kentucky, by head of Toyota of North American operations.
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