Widespread flooding in Thailand has forced a Ford-Mazda joint venture to be temporarily shuttered due to a disrupted supply chain.
Ford and Mazda operate an AutoAlliance plant that builds compact pickups and cars primarily for the larget Thai truck market in Rayong. Both automakers say that the plant itself has been spared any direct issues with flooding, but nearby suppliers have had various issues related to the natural disaster.
The automakers suspended pickup production earlier this week and they’ve now added passenger cars to the list until at least October 5. Ford builds its Ranger and Fiesta models in Thailand, while Mazda uses the facility to build its BT-50 truck and its Mazda2 and Mazda3 small cars.
Neither automaker exports Thai production to the United States.
A Japanese report said that Ford and Mazda join four other automakers in temporarily halting production in Thailand due to massive flooding in the country’s midsection.
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