Toyota resumes RI production

Toyota resumes RI production

TOKYO (Reuters): Toyota Motor Corp said its Indonesian car plants resumed production yesterday.

The plants stopped output on May 14 due to riots in the country.

PT Toyota-Astra Motor, owned 51 percent by conglomerate PT Astra International and 49 percent by Toyota, resumed car production at its plants in Karawang, West Java, and Sunter, a Toyota spokesman said.

Production at the two plants, which have a total work force of 6,000, stood at 2,138 vehicles in April, one-third of the previous year's output, he said.

Honda Motor Co Ltd is scheduled to resume production at its motorcycle and engine plants in Indonesia yesterday, a Honda spokesman said.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp suspended vehicle production at its Indonesian unit in April due to a slump in the Southeast Asian car market. It has not decided yet whether to resume output in June, a Mitsubishi spokesman said.

Isuzu Motors has also not decided when it will resume output at its Indonesian plant, an Isuzu spokesman said.