LONDON — Honda stated it will halt output at its British manufacturing unit from Monday to Thursday subsequent week because of COVID-19 associated international provide chain points, the most recent manufacturing suspension in latest weeks.
Honda stated the state of affairs is being monitored with a view to re-start manufacturing on Friday, Jan. 22.
Honda additionally stopped output on the plant, which builds the Civic compact automotive, for a couple of days in December as some main UK container ports, resembling Felixstowe, struggled to deal with disruption brought on by COVID-19, pre-Brexit stockpiling and Christmas.
An extra stoppage occurred in the beginning of January..
Honda constructed just below 110,000 Civic automobiles on the plant in Swindon close to London in 2019. The manufacturing unit will shut permanently this 12 months as a part of a world manufacturing restructuring.
On Friday, Honda stated its Japan output may very well be affected by a scarcity of semiconductors as automakers face a scarcity of chips whereas shopper demand has been bouncing again from the pandemic.