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Toyota: Back to normal

Time 11:32 pm, May 18, 2011

car-production-toyotaIT’S back to normal for its factory workers and dealers says Toyota in a special announcement today.

Toyota GB can confirm that its dealer network is ‘back to business as usual’ due to the return of 100 per cent productivity levels at the firm’s European plants in June, including its Derbyshire and Deeside plants.

The faster-than-expected return to normal production in Japan, following the earthquake and tsunami in March, has enabled production in Europe to return to pre-earthquake levels after just one month at reduced pace.


‘This is great news for our customers and for our dealer partners,’ said Jon Williams, managing director of Toyota GB. ‘I want to thank our colleagues in manufacturing, both here in Europe and in Japan, for finding solutions in such a short period of time. It is a testament to the extraordinary abilities of the Toyota organisation.

‘I know the UK dealers will be delighted to be able to offer customers normal delivery lead-times sooner than previously expected,’ added Williams.

The plants returning to 100 per cent production volume on June 1 are Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK (TMUK, producing Avensis, Auris and Auris HSD in Burnaston, Derbyshire and engines in Deeside, Flintshire), Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey (TMMT, producing Auris and Verso), and Toyota Motor Industries Poland (TMIP, producing engines). Toyota Motor Manufacturing France (TMMF, producing Yaris) had previously announced a return to normal from May 16.


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James – or Batch as he’s known – started at Car Dealer in 2010, first as the work experience boy, eventually becoming editor in 2013. He worked for Auto Express as editor-at-large from 2014 and was the face of Carbuyer’s YouTube reviews. In 2020, he went freelance and now writes for a number of national titles and contributes regularly to Car Dealer. In October 2021 he became Car Dealer's associate editor.



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