Toyota to Reopen Yaris Car Factory in Test Case for France
- Gradual restart expected in country where unions are wary
- Faurecia on Monday reported drop in sales, ramp up in China
A Yaris automobile sits on the production line at Toyota's automobile manufacturing plant in Onnaing.
Photographer: Pascal Rossignol/AFP via Getty Images
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Toyota Motor Corp. is poised to restart a factory in northern France on Tuesday, marking the first vehicle plant reopening in the country where the coronavirus pandemic shut most industrial sites last month and some unions have vehemently opposed the return of workers to assembly lines.
The Japanese carmaker will restart at Onnaing, near Valenciennes, where the Yaris model is assembled for the European market, a spokesman confirmed Monday. A decision taken last week calls for a gradual return to a single shift each day with adjusted working hours.