Toyota says most Europe plants won't restart until April 20 at earliest

Reuters

Published Mar 29, 2020 10:02PM ET

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp (T:7203) said on Monday that it would extend a suspension at all of its factories in Europe with the exception of Russia until further notice, with a restart expected no earlier than April 20.

With the spread of the coronavirus epidemic, Toyota had suspended production from around mid-March in France, Britain, the Czech Republic, Poland, Turkey and Portugal. Its Russian factory will be closed from March 30 to April 3, it said.