Honda Motor Co. officially confirmed that all of its North American plants will resume normal production this coming December in the aftermath of an improvement in overall parts supply. The massive flooding that hit Thailand throughout the year heavily affected Honda’s production, forcing the Japanese carmaker - among other things - to temporarily shut down its assembly plant in the Thai province of Ayutthaya, a move that the led to a 4.7% loss of its global output.

Honda confirms that Thai floods continues to have some impact to its supplies, but a particular effort was made to re-establish the flow of components required by its plants in North America. The problem was mainly about electronic parts as Honda’s 6 auto assembly plants in the U.S. and Canada mostly use components produced locally. The production of new models Civic and CR-V can then go ahead as planned.

via | Reuters

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