新型コロナウイルスのデルタ株が急拡大する東南アジアで、企業活動の停滞が広がっている。各国政府の規制や感染者急増を受けて、トヨタ自動車やパナソニックなど日系大手が一部工場で生産を停止した。現地での販売減少だけでなく、サプライチェーン（供給網）の寸断で日本での生産にも影響が出ている。「タイの感染拡大は予想より深刻だ。自動車産業は猛烈な影響を受けている」。
トヨタの山下典昭タイ法人社長は厳しい見方を示す。同社は7月20日以降にタイにある全3工場を順次停止した。取引先の工場で集団感染が起こり、部品を調達できなくなったためで、再開時期は未定だ。ホンダもタイの1工場を8月3～5日に停止した。
President and Founder, Japan Electrification Research Institute, Ltd.
SUMMARY. The global auto industry is bubbling with changes and dramatic new ideas, but the current declining financial performances of Japanese auto OEMs may force them to drop out of the race temporarily before they can take advantage of the growing demand for autonomous vehicles.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has begun manufacturing the basic structure of wind turbines at the Nagasaki Shipyard, where excess capacity exists. This is because MHI’s specialty LNG carriers are monopolized by Korean manufacturers and MHI is not receiving orders. Now, they take on non-shipbuilding jobs and help maintain the employment of the shipyard. Their Nagasaki Shipyard started manufacturing the basic structure that supports large wind turbines. Since the shipyard has a space for handling large parts of the ship, it can also be used to manufacture wind turbines.
PSR Analysis: Isuzu has agreed to form a business alliance with Sweden’s Volvo in the Truck field and to acquire Volvo’s UD Trucks subsidiary. The amount of the acquisition depends on the negotiations, but Isuzu sees UD Trucks as a business size of 250 billion yen.
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