The auto making firm has decided to hold back production of cars in two plants situated in the northen region of China, following the blast in Tianjin.
Toyota Motors has reportedly decided to discontinue some of the production activities at two of its most important production plants following the blast that took place in the chemical plant in Tianjin last week. According to an article published in the Wall Street, it was seen that the Japanese firm is going to halt operations in the plant for a period of three days.
Both these plants of the auto giant are in the northern region of China, which explains why the halt is being observed. This discontinuation is being observed from Monday to Wednesday, where the firm will see to it that the evacuation is done to the fullest. There have been given instructions by the authorities to make sure all the safety measures are taken well so that further business activities can be done without an issue.
This will not only take place in the TEDA plant, but production will also be stopped from three days at the Xiqing plant. Even though this plant is not very near to the area where the chemical plant blew up, the reason for halt of manufacturing in the plant is due to the necessities needed from the TEDA plant without which it is not possible to carry out activities in Xiqing.
Since a lot of other automobile countries have had their cars effected from the deadly blast that took place, companies like Volkwagen AG was also seen, along with Toyota, to see how much damage has so far been done to their assets that were present around the blast. The Tianjin is reportedly the biggest import hub for automobile in the country which got quite damaged after the blast subsided. According to Renault SA, a French auto making company, a huge number of around 1500 cars became a wreck following the blast which is something that has raised concerns of auto makers present all around the where the explosion took place.
As for Toyota, the firm reported that the blast shook up all of building that the Japanese hybrid car owners owned in Tianjin and also ended up breaking the windows and glass of almost all the fragile material around. The logistics building that belonged to the firm also got completely damaged which is why the firm is now observing a still in the production houses.
Recent news has also confirmed that quite a number of other cars manufactured by different companies like Beetles and Volkswagen were also destroyed whereas the latter was not seen to give a definite number to the press.
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