CategoryManufacturing

Sweaty summer for Japan auto industry

Employees build engines at Nissan's Iwaki plant in Japan. From July to September, Japan's automakers have agreed to run factories Saturdays and Sundays, switching weekly downtime to Thursdays and Fridays. (BLOOMBERG NEWS)
HG
By:
Hans Greimel
June 20, 2011 05:00 AM

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