Japan’s industrial production dropped again in May even as a nationwide state of emergency was lifted, showing the severity of the pandemic’s impact on the export-reliant manufacturing sector. Factory output fell 8.4 percent from April, the economy ministry reported Tuesday. Production slid from the prior ...
Laid off due to coronavirus, Cambodian garment workers compete for shifts
For three hours, Cambodian seamstress Em Thy waited in a crowd with hundreds of other laid-off garment workers on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, desperate to be selected for a one-off shift. Defeated, the 53-year-old shouted insults at the factory recruiters as they drove away ...
Nissan to ax nearly 250 jobs at U.K. plant after virus hits demand
Output at the Sunderland plant in northern England was halted in mid-March, with one production line resuming operations at the start of this week.
Honda probes suspected cyberattack after factories hit by network glitch
Honda Motor Co. on Tuesday continued to restrict its employees from using work computers following an internal network issue that could be due to a cyberattack, a company official said. While the network problem will not affect domestic output and sales, Honda is confirming whether ...
Japan manufacturers topped construction for heatstroke cases in 2019
It was the first time for the manufacturing sector to outpace the construction industry in the number of heatstroke sufferers in the past 10 years.
Automating factories creates $100 billion Japan corporate giant
Keyence is famed for its dizzying profitability with an operating profit margin of more than 50 percent, among the country’s highest.
Nissan sees cost of closing Barcelona plants at up to $1.7 billion, source says
The decision to leave was announced by the Japanese carmaker last week as part of a turnaround plan.
Panasonic pulls plug on white goods production in Thailand after over 40 years
The move to streamline production in Southeast Asia will help cut labor and parts procurement costs amid competition from Chinese and Korean firms.
Subaru virus shutdown results in production loss of 150,000 vehicles
Subaru Corp.'s suspension in Japan and the United States in April due to the coronavirus pandemic resulted in an output loss of 150,000 vehicles, equivalent to around 15 percent of its annual global sales. The carmaker expects the impact to get worse as it plans ...
China factory output rises for first time in 2020 but consumption weak
China's industrial output rose 3.9 percent in April from a year earlier, data showed Friday, expanding for the first time this year as the world's second-largest economy slowly emerged from its coronavirus lockdown. That was faster than the 1.5 percent increase forecast in a Reuters ...
