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More disasters plaguing Japanese auto industry
Posted 11/01/11 at 09:06 PM
... Thailand flooding inundates Honda auto manufacturing plant and many auto parts providers; robots and computers under water.
Flooding continues and the factory remains submerged.
... Toyota shuttered for at least 60 days and prepared for flooding; no damage yet.
... Thailand’s worst flooding in decades has exposed the complexity of the global supply chain and a lack of components has forced Japan’s automakers to halt or slow production in Asia and beyond.
