Production of Toyota cars has been affected by the lack of supply from factories in Japan Toyota, the world’s biggest carmaker, has said it will close its UK plant at Burnaston in Derbyshire for two days each week in May to manage the current shortage of car parts.
The firm said workers had also agreed to limit production to half a shift on the other three days during May.
Car makers have been facing a shortage of parts due to the damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
The reduced hours will commence from 3 May.
“The combination of this and flexible working arrangements will help ensure that we are able to quickly respond to the demand for our products as soon as parts are available,” Toyota said in a statement.
Toyota has already announced plans to cut production by 70% from 26 April to 3 June in North America, and has said it will curb production at its factories in China.
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