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Car production up 15%
lemonjelly
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12771245
More evidence of an export led recovery...
No-one here buying them I suppose.;)
More evidence of an export led recovery...
No-one here buying them I suppose.;)
It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
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Then the earthquake struck.Honda said it was monitoring the supply of parts to its Swindon plant in southern England closely while Toyota noted a 3-day halt to production in Japan would not have an immediate impact on deliveries to Europe given shipping from Japan takes six weeks by boat.
Both companies have suspended production in Japan with Honda saying that it had set up emergency coordination centres both in Japan and Swindon0 -
Must be that Car Scrappage Scheme.
Oh no, wait a minute....0 -
Thrugelmir wrote: »Then the earthquake struck.
Yeah, a lot of the Japanese manufacturers have halted work at many factoies nationwide.
Only a matter of time before it affects our workers I suppose.It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
lemonjelly wrote: »Yeah, a lot of the Japanese manufacturers have halted work at many factoies nationwide.
Only a matter of time before it affects our workers I suppose.
JIT (Just In Time) production means no stock of stores to fall back on.0 -
lemonjelly wrote: »Yeah, a lot of the Japanese manufacturers have halted work at many factoies nationwide.
Only a matter of time before it affects our workers I suppose.
Toyota have stopped overtime at the UK plants (which had been set as 1 hour per day as production had increased).
There is of course some stock in the pipeline but probably 6 weeks max including on boat from Japan to UK.0 -
lemonjelly wrote: »http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12771245
More evidence of an export led recovery...
No-one here buying them I suppose.;)
Good one! Long may it last. I liked this bit:....... as export-led growth continued.0 -
General Motors says it is suspending production at its Shreveport Assembly plant in Louisiana in the US next week because of a parts shortage resulting from the crisis in Japan, Reuters reports.
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Why are we so pleased that foreign companies are doing so well? Or is there a true "British" Car Manufacturer?0
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Loughton_Monkey wrote: »Why are we so pleased that foreign companies are doing so well? Or is there a true "British" Car Manufacturer?
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