On April 3rd, according to foreign media reports in Reuters, Honda announced on April 2nd that its factories in the United States, Canada and Mexico will not resume work for the time being due to the increasing COVID-19 epidemic in North America. Among them, the factories in the United States and Canada are tentatively scheduled to resume work on April 11, and the factory in Mexico is tentatively scheduled to resume work on April 13. At present, Honda has temporarily closed all manufacturing plants in the United States and Canada, and only two factories in Mexico in North America continue to produce.

Honda previously closed some factories in North America on March 23rd, and initially planned to stop production for six days and resume work on March 31th. However, the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic in North America has never been without obvious results, which has repeatedly delayed the factory's resumption of work. According to foreign media forecasts, Honda's suspension of production will affect the production progress of 1 million cars.

1. Did Honda's North American factory postpone the resumption of production? Affect the production progress of one million vehicles

According to the news released by the World Health Organization, as of 18: 11 CET on April 2 (1: 11 am Beijing time on April 3), there were 187,111 confirmed cases in COVID-19, USA, including 3,846 deaths. The number of confirmed cases in Canada is close to 11,111, and the number of confirmed cases in Mexico has reached 1,211. The number of confirmed cases has increased day by day, and the epidemic situation in three North American countries has not been effectively controlled.

On April 2nd, local time, Honda announced that the previous plan of returning to work on March 31th was postponed because the COVID-19 epidemic has not been effectively controlled. Among them, all factories in the United States and Canada have not resumed work since they stopped production on March 23, and it is expected that the suspension will last until April 11.

▲ Honda's factory in Ohio, USA

Because the epidemic situation in Mexico in recent days is not optimistic, Honda decided that the production of Zelaya factory in central Mexico will last until April 3. In addition, the factory in El salto, Mexico, which has not stopped production before, will officially stop production on April 4th, and it is expected that the production will continue until April 3rd.

At present, Honda has * * * closed 17 factories in North America, and only two factories in Mexico in North America continue to produce. It is understood that during Honda's suspension of production, 27,611 North American Honda auto workers will go home to work, and the long-term suspension of production is expected to affect the production and delivery of millions of cars.

2. Honda was the first Japanese car company to announce the suspension of production? It is expected to stop production for at least half a month

On March 8th, Honda announced that it would stop production for six days after the three major North American car companies, General Motors, Ford Motor and Fiat Chrysler Automobile (FCA), and Honda became the first Japanese car company in North America to announce that it would stop production.

On the same day, Honda announced that all 12 American factories in Ohio, Indiana and Alabama were closed. In addition, Honda's three factories in Canada will also be closed, and the factory in Mexico will be closed, and the other three in Mexico will continue to produce.

▲ Honda American Engine Factory

Honda stopped production in most factories in North America on March 23rd, local time, and the 16 factories that stopped production produced Honda complete vehicles, gearboxes and engines respectively. During the closure of the factory, Honda carried out a deep cleaning of the factory to ensure the hygiene of the factory's production equipment and public areas. In addition, Honda promised to pay workers' wages in full during the suspension of production.

at that time, Honda predicted that if the production was suspended until March 31th, the suspension time would be six days, which would affect the production and delivery of 41,111 vehicles. However, as far as the current situation is concerned, the suspension of Honda's North American factory will last at least 15 days.

conclusion: the manufacturing industry can't make it? On the verge of death

The COVID-19 epidemic is still spreading in North America, and the epidemic situation may be aggravated. General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Fiat Chrysler Automobile Company (FCA), the three major automobile companies in North America, had hoped to resume work on March 31th, so that the production time could be calculated to be up to one week. If the impact of a week's shutdown on production may not be obvious, the late suspension can make up the output. However, the fight against the epidemic in North America was not very "powerful", which eventually led to the delay in the start of all car companies.

At present, almost all automobile manufacturing industries in the United States have stopped working. When manufacturing industries can't manufacture, they will face recession and death. At present, a number of North American car companies have proposed salary reduction plans. Starting this month, the three major car companies in North America will implement different degrees of salary reduction. GM and FCA even implement salary reduction plans for full-time employees around the world. It can be seen that the impact of production suspension on the manufacturing industry is indeed fatal

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