The Prius That Shook.. - VFAQ Prius Site

If the plant were to be taken down to start building a new
structure, the company would lose its capability to build
small truck chassis and suspension. The plan, therefore,
was to continue production while building the new plant.
The process of moving production equipment during
construction was as complicated as a puzzle. Since the
complicated scenario had been laid out already, the
supervisor was reluctant to build the component for Prius.
Restoring Honsha Plant
The engineers on duty from the Power Train & Chassis
Components Production Engineering Division and the
Machine & Tools Engineering Division met again. They
looked to see which plants were open to build components.
Kinuura (Hekinan City, Aichi Prefecture) and Tahara Plants
were mentioned, but both were more than one hour away
from the head office.
"We stopped building new components at the Honsha
Plant a long time ago. In the past, many functional parts
such as Landcruiser engines were produced here, but the plant
today only makes simple parts such as differentials and
frames. Crucial functional parts are all built at Kamigo,
Tahara, or Kinuura. Is this right for our plant?" It was Chief
Engineer Tagami of Power Train & Chassis Components
Production Engineering Division that posed
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