Nissan is set to restore normal production levels and operations at two of its domestic factories by next month, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported.
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The newspaper said in a report in its online edition over the weekend that Nissan had been running the plants in Kanagawa and Tochigi prefectures at reduced capacity since the spring, but had decided to increase output because it expected higher sales of new cars in North America and higher demand for small vehicles in Japan towards the end of the fiscal year to March.
The factory in Oppama in Kanagawa Prefecture, which produces the March and Cube subcompacts, has two assembly lines. One line has been operating on two shifts, but will resume three shifts in January as sales tend to increase toward the end of March.
Nissan had been operating one of the two lines at the Tochigi factory, which turns out the Fuga and other luxury models, for two hours less than usual. However, the plant recently returned to normal operation because the auto maker is receiving a steady flow of orders both here and in the US for its fully redesigned Skyline model, the Nikkei said.
