[sidindica]

From Honda’s Thai plant to resume production end of March

Some updates about Honda’s Thai production, which was expected to be out for up to six months from October last year when it was inundated with floodwaters. The company says it is planning to resume vehicle production at its assembly plant in Rojana Industrial Park, Ayutthaya, by the end of March. The plant was severely affected by the flooding that hit the Kingdom last year; production was suspended on October 4, and the company has since been restoring plant facilities and manufacturing equipment since completing the drainage of the floodwater and carrying out cleaning up operations.
“In October 2011, we had to temporarily suspend production at our facilities in Rojana Industrial Park, which inevitably impacted unit sales. We have finished repairing and installing production equipment and are now running thorough system checks,” Honda Automobile Thailand’s executive vice president, Pitak Pruittisarikorn said in a statement.
He added that until production at Ayutthaya resumes, the company will import Jazz and Accord models from Japan for local sales. Production of parts for export to Honda’s plants in other ASEAN countries will also resume – Honda says that it expects these plants, which had to suspend production due to a shortage of parts, to restart production in April.

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So what does this mean for Indian markets? 9th gen Civic finally getting launched and Brio sales picking up?

[mayankjha1806]

This is good news as Honda has been taking constant beating for one reason or the other in terms of catering to the demand especially for Jazz and Brio, and to some extent other models as well.

For existing owners, i guess the parts availability would be faster, although i have not seen someone suffering because of non availability of parts because of Thailand Flood problem.