Japan car-part imports up<\/p>\n
TOKYO (Reuters): Several Japanese auto-part makers plan to
\nincrease imports of car parts made by their Southeast Asian units
\nto help boost capacity utilization at their Southeast Asian
\nfacilities.<\/p>\n
Stanley Electric Co Ltd plans to import 10 to 15 percent of
\nthe car lamps and bulbs produced at its Thai unit in the year to
\nMarch 1999, a Stanley spokesman said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Nittan Valve Co Ltd will import from 800,000 to one million
\ncar engine valves made by its Thai and Indonesian units in
\n1998\/99, and plans to boost such imports to 1.5 million units in
\nthe next fiscal year, a Nittan spokesman said.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for Mitsuba Corp said the electrical equipment
\nmaker will switch all production of motorcycle turn signal
\nflasher relays to its Thai unit from Japan in June.<\/p>\n
Mitsuba plans to import 150,000 of the relays per month for
\nsupply to Honda, which owns 4.3 percent of the company. Mitsuba
\nhad not previously imported relays from Thailand, the spokesman
\nsaid.<\/p>",
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