International Electronics Business News, 6th, due to the shortage of semiconductors, the Japanese car manufacturer SUBARU announced yesterday (5) that it will reduce the production of 10,000 vehicles and close the Yajima vehicle plant. The longest downtime is 13 working days. It also emphasized this. The shutdown was not related to the fire at the Renesas plant...

International Electronic Business Information learned from the official website of Japanese automaker SUBARU on the 6th that due to the shortage of semiconductors, the company announced yesterday (5) that the Yajima plant of its Gunma Works will be suspended in April for up to 13 days. During the working day, it is expected that production will be reduced by approximately 10,000 vehicles during the factory closure.

SUBARU stated that it will speed up the procurement of semiconductor parts during the shutdown period and will restart the whole line on May 10 after the end of the long holiday. The company pointed out that the shutdown has nothing to do with the fire at the Renesas Electronics factory.

SURARU stated in a statement that the shutdown will affect two production lines, one of which will be suspended for 8 working days (April 10-20), and the other will be suspended for 13 working days (April 10-27). Japan), and coincides with the "Japan Golden Week" (ESMC editor’s note: Japan’s "small holiday" is from the end of April to May, and is not directly related to the "May Day"), so Gunma Manufacturing will be in April There will be a large-scale continuous holiday from 28th to 9th, so all production lines at the Yajima plant are expected to restart production until May 10th. It is reported that only one of the three vehicle production lines of the Gunma Works will not be affected.

SURARU stated that the impact of the work stoppage on the consolidated performance for the March 2022 period is currently under investigation. If there is any need to be disclosed in the future, it will be notified in time.

It is reported that the Subaru Yajima plant mainly produces SUV models such as Outback and Forester. Yahoo Finance’s quotation shows that as of 10:17 am on the 6th, Beijing time, Subaru’s stock price fell 2.36% to 2,150 yen.

According to Japanese media reports, due to the impact of semiconductor shortages, another well-known Japanese manufacturer, Suzuki Motors (Suzuki), part of the two factories in Shizuoka Prefecture, has announced that some production lines have been suspended on the 5th.

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