HATC said it is making progress in restoring plant facilities and manufacturing equipment since completing the drainage of the flood water and cleaning of the plant facilities which began at the end of November 2011.

Honda’s production operations in the neighboring Asian counties, which suspended or made production adjustments due to the disruption in parts supply from Thailand, have begun resuming production. The production is expected to be normalized at all production operations by April.

Honda plans to take some additional flood control measures including conducting stationary measurement of water levels and working together with Rojana Industrial Park to build water protection walls around the plant. Honda will also make requests to Thai governments and the industrial park as needed to prevent the risk of flooding in the future. In addition, Honda said it will address the issues related to its supply chain, which became evident in the face of this disaster, and work together with suppliers to strive to avoid such risks in the future.