OREANDA-NEWS. March 28, 2011. Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the maker of Subaru automobiles, announced today that it will resume mini-vehicle production with a limited number of production units on Thursday, March 31, assessing parts supply as well as electric power supply. FHI has not decided when full-scale mini-vehicle production will resume.

Separately, FHI has decided to extend the production suspension of all passenger vehicles (except mini-vehicles) at Subaru plants in Japan until Thursday, March 31, considering the influence of its suppliers in the affected areas as well as conditions of electric power supply. FHI previously announced its production suspension until March 28.

FHI restarted production of parts for overseas production on Wednesday, March 23 and production of spare parts on Thursday, March 24 respectively, with some parts available for production.

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