Nissan Motor Co. says an engine plant wrecked by the March 11 tsunami will likely return to operations in June.
Nissan Motor Co.'s President and Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn, speaks to his employees at its plant in Iwaki, northeastern Japan, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Nissan said Monday that it expects factories to be back in operation in weeks rather than months. Much of Japan's auto industry, the second largest supplier of cars in the world, remains idle two weeks after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami hit the country's northeast coast. The banner in the background say, "Carry On! Iwaki" TOKYO (AP) — Nissan Motor Co. says an engine plant wrecked by the March 11 tsunami will likely return to operations in June.
Nissan spokesman Mitsuru Yonekawa said Wednesday the Iwaki factory, one of Nissan's two engine plants in Japan, still has no running water. The factory makes 376,000 engines annually.
Nissan shut down its entire auto production in Japan from March 14 to 16. Nissan said its auto production in Japan was now running at full capacity.
The company said the tsunami, which decimated much of northeastern Japan, resulted in a production loss of 42,000 cars.