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Toyota says North American output will return to 100% in Sept.
Mark Rechtin
Automotive News -- June 16, 2011 - 2:30 pm ET
UPDATED: 6/16/11 4:52 pm ET
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LOS ANGELES -- Toyota Motor Corp., moving to rebuild stockpiles depleted by the March earthquake in Japan, said today output of all vehicles produced in North America will return to normal levels in September.
Based on U.S. sales data through May, that represents about 68 percent of Toyota's total U.S. sales volume across all its brands. The remaining 32 percent comes from Japan -- and is expected to be imported at full volume by November, the automaker said in a statement.
Eight of the company's 12 North America-built models returned to full production capacity on June 6. Those vehicles are the Toyota Avalon, Camry, Corolla, Highlander, Matrix, Sequoia, Sienna and Venza.
However, the Toyota RAV4, Tacoma and Tundra and the Lexus RX 350 are still being produced at reduced levels as the automaker grapples with the lingering impact of the March 11 quake and tsunami.
"After September, we will focus on making up lost production as much as possible," Steve St. Angelo, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, North America, said in the statement.
Toyota expects its North American production capacity to remain at more than 80 percent on average through August, up from 70 percent in May. Toyota's global production is currently running at about 70 percent.
Overcoming challenges
"Our team members and suppliers here and in Japan have worked tirelessly to get us back to 100 percent, overcoming many challenges," St. Angelo said. "The effort in Japan has been incredible, especially in the midst of such tragedy and devastation."
Bob Carter, Toyota Division general manager, said that despite the production slowdown, dealers have a healthy supply of cars and trucks available to sell, with more arriving every day.
We're 4-5 months ahead of where we thought we would be," Carter said. "That's as complex as our supply chain is, the auto equivalent of pulling three rabbits out of your hat." He said Toyota would continue to offer competitive lease and interest rate programs for its customers.
"We have a decent supply of trucks, but getting that (Texas) plant back is critical," Carter said. "Our core Toyota brand volume is back, so those cars are in the pipeline, and starting to arrive from now until the end of the month."
The Toyota division's sales plunged 33 percent in May and are up just 1 percent this year, while the overall U.S. car and truck market has advanced 14 percent. When Lexus and Scion are included, Toyota's year-to-date sales are off 1 percent.
Transition time
Carter said June will be a period of transition for Toyota and its dealers.
"We have our (dealer) allocation out through July, although each region's logistics are a little different," he said. "By the end of this month, we'll be allocated through August, and our flow is back to normal."
The Toyota division has a 37-day supply of vehicles on hand and Carter said the automaker is moving to overcome perceptions that dealer stockpiles are bare.
"That's lower than we want to be but historically we've been low supply," Carter said. "It will take a little time to get on-ground inventory back, but we have 25 years of selling from the flow."
As car and light truck inventories recover, Toyota will shift more resources back to marketing and dealer support, Carter said.
"We will see it ramp up this month and through July and August, with a different execution of the "No. 1 for a Reason" campaign," he said. "We have deals, and dealers have the vehicles. We're back in the sales business."
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Toyota says North American output will return to 100% in Sept.
Mark Rechtin
Automotive News -- June 16, 2011 - 2:30 pm ET
UPDATED: 6/16/11 4:52 pm ET
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LOS ANGELES -- Toyota Motor Corp., moving to rebuild stockpiles depleted by the March earthquake in Japan, said today output of all vehicles produced in North America will return to normal levels in September.
Based on U.S. sales data through May, that represents about 68 percent of Toyota's total U.S. sales volume across all its brands. The remaining 32 percent comes from Japan -- and is expected to be imported at full volume by November, the automaker said in a statement.
Eight of the company's 12 North America-built models returned to full production capacity on June 6. Those vehicles are the Toyota Avalon, Camry, Corolla, Highlander, Matrix, Sequoia, Sienna and Venza.
However, the Toyota RAV4, Tacoma and Tundra and the Lexus RX 350 are still being produced at reduced levels as the automaker grapples with the lingering impact of the March 11 quake and tsunami.
"After September, we will focus on making up lost production as much as possible," Steve St. Angelo, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, North America, said in the statement.
Toyota expects its North American production capacity to remain at more than 80 percent on average through August, up from 70 percent in May. Toyota's global production is currently running at about 70 percent.
Overcoming challenges
"Our team members and suppliers here and in Japan have worked tirelessly to get us back to 100 percent, overcoming many challenges," St. Angelo said. "The effort in Japan has been incredible, especially in the midst of such tragedy and devastation."
Bob Carter, Toyota Division general manager, said that despite the production slowdown, dealers have a healthy supply of cars and trucks available to sell, with more arriving every day.
We're 4-5 months ahead of where we thought we would be," Carter said. "That's as complex as our supply chain is, the auto equivalent of pulling three rabbits out of your hat." He said Toyota would continue to offer competitive lease and interest rate programs for its customers.
"We have a decent supply of trucks, but getting that (Texas) plant back is critical," Carter said. "Our core Toyota brand volume is back, so those cars are in the pipeline, and starting to arrive from now until the end of the month."
The Toyota division's sales plunged 33 percent in May and are up just 1 percent this year, while the overall U.S. car and truck market has advanced 14 percent. When Lexus and Scion are included, Toyota's year-to-date sales are off 1 percent.
Transition time
Carter said June will be a period of transition for Toyota and its dealers.
"We have our (dealer) allocation out through July, although each region's logistics are a little different," he said. "By the end of this month, we'll be allocated through August, and our flow is back to normal."
The Toyota division has a 37-day supply of vehicles on hand and Carter said the automaker is moving to overcome perceptions that dealer stockpiles are bare.
"That's lower than we want to be but historically we've been low supply," Carter said. "It will take a little time to get on-ground inventory back, but we have 25 years of selling from the flow."
As car and light truck inventories recover, Toyota will shift more resources back to marketing and dealer support, Carter said.
"We will see it ramp up this month and through July and August, with a different execution of the "No. 1 for a Reason" campaign," he said. "We have deals, and dealers have the vehicles. We're back in the sales business."
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19/6 2011 13:37 le 0
43207 stålpriser og bilproduktion japan mm
der står at bilproduktionen er recovered sharply, men at man er bagud med komponenter
Japanese mills propose slight price increase for wire rods for next quarter
- 19 Jun 2011
TEX reported that negotiations on wire rods for July to September quarter by the Japanese blast furnace mills have started for Asia and offer prices by the mills are slightly up by USD 30 per tonne to USD 40 per tonne from April to June quarter shipment levels.
In April to June quarter shipment, the mills had requested price increase by USD 200 per tonne to USD 250 per tonne from the previous quarter, and such increase was realized.
However, Korea's POSCO increased price of wire rods for the domestic only by KRW 160,000 (USD 148) while Taiwan's CSC kept its domestic price for July/August shipment the same.
Price increases of the Japanese mills are much bigger than those of the Korean and Taiwanese mills.
On the contrary, Baoshan Iron and Steel (Baosteel) of China decreased price of wire rods for steel cord by 200 CNY (USD 31) for July shipment of which case was the first time this year in Asia. It seemed for Baosteel to have showed great sensitivity to the situation that Baosteel began to reflect itself in slight drop in demand on cars in the domestic market, but such decrease was thought to be unexpected for the Japanese mills.
Each customer is frustrated with the Japanese mills' larger price increase for this quarter, showing backlash against such increase, and seems to ask restraint of price for next quarter shipment. However, as some small portions of price hike of raw materials since April last year have not been passed on to a customer, the mills are going to pass such portions on to price for next quarter shipment.
The Japanese automotive industry is rapidly recovering. Production of car parts cannot keep up with demand, and for example, supply of wire rods for the domestic is increasingly tightened. Such situation is foreseen to affect export supply. The mills will be called upon how they secure stable supply for export.
Demand on wire rods produced by the integrated mills in Asia except for China remains firm. In the Southeast Asia, there were the cases that the automotive industry reduced their production due to lack of parts, but the situation is almost recovered at present. For this reason, each customer is expected to lean towards acceptance of price increase if such increase is small.
der står at bilproduktionen er recovered sharply, men at man er bagud med komponenter
Japanese mills propose slight price increase for wire rods for next quarter
- 19 Jun 2011
TEX reported that negotiations on wire rods for July to September quarter by the Japanese blast furnace mills have started for Asia and offer prices by the mills are slightly up by USD 30 per tonne to USD 40 per tonne from April to June quarter shipment levels.
In April to June quarter shipment, the mills had requested price increase by USD 200 per tonne to USD 250 per tonne from the previous quarter, and such increase was realized.
However, Korea's POSCO increased price of wire rods for the domestic only by KRW 160,000 (USD 148) while Taiwan's CSC kept its domestic price for July/August shipment the same.
Price increases of the Japanese mills are much bigger than those of the Korean and Taiwanese mills.
On the contrary, Baoshan Iron and Steel (Baosteel) of China decreased price of wire rods for steel cord by 200 CNY (USD 31) for July shipment of which case was the first time this year in Asia. It seemed for Baosteel to have showed great sensitivity to the situation that Baosteel began to reflect itself in slight drop in demand on cars in the domestic market, but such decrease was thought to be unexpected for the Japanese mills.
Each customer is frustrated with the Japanese mills' larger price increase for this quarter, showing backlash against such increase, and seems to ask restraint of price for next quarter shipment. However, as some small portions of price hike of raw materials since April last year have not been passed on to a customer, the mills are going to pass such portions on to price for next quarter shipment.
The Japanese automotive industry is rapidly recovering. Production of car parts cannot keep up with demand, and for example, supply of wire rods for the domestic is increasingly tightened. Such situation is foreseen to affect export supply. The mills will be called upon how they secure stable supply for export.
Demand on wire rods produced by the integrated mills in Asia except for China remains firm. In the Southeast Asia, there were the cases that the automotive industry reduced their production due to lack of parts, but the situation is almost recovered at present. For this reason, each customer is expected to lean towards acceptance of price increase if such increase is small.
19/6 2011 13:41 le 043208 Japanese earthquake - Toyota output to return to normal in July
- 19 Jun 2011
Toyota Motor Corp's domestic and overseas output will from July return to the level projected at the beginning of the year.
President Akio Toyoda said that the production slide following the Great East Japan Earthquake.
- 19 Jun 2011
Toyota Motor Corp's domestic and overseas output will from July return to the level projected at the beginning of the year.
President Akio Toyoda said that the production slide following the Great East Japan Earthquake.
