Toyota Widens Production Halt After Explosion at Supplier

August 2024 · 1 minute read

Toyota Motor Corp. will partially suspend operations at seven domestic plants through Wednesday night, expanding and extending an earlier decision to halt several facilities following a blast at a component supplier’s factory.

The explosion occurred Monday at Chuo Spring Co.’s factory in Aichi prefecture, where vehicle suspension coils are made for a number of Japanese carmakers. One employee was hospitalized and another treated for slight injuries, the supplier said Tuesday.

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