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Toyota suspends China factory after quake

TOKYO
Mon May 12, 2008 8:27am EDT

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) on Monday suspended production at a 13,000 units-a-year joint-venture factory in Chengdu, southwestern China, after a powerful earthquake struck, killing at least 107 people.

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A spokeswoman in Tokyo said operations at the factory, held jointly with China's FAW Group, would be halted at least for the first shift on Tuesday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., for inspection.

It will decide when to resume operations after inspecting any damages at the factory, which builds the Prado SUV and Coaster microbus, she said.

None of its employees working at the time was hurt, she added.

(Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim; Editing by Quentin Bryar)
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