Tomas Paroubek, a spokesperson from Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM), announced Tuesday the company has halted production at their facility in the Czech Republic due to a parts supply shortage.
Local news sources have stated that the plastics supplier Novares CZ Zebrak couldn't send out parts because a big fire wrecked their production and storage spaces in Žebrák, located in the Beroun region, last week.
This situation has brought about uncertainty regarding the plant's production plans. Paroubek has acknowledged that the exact duration of the shutdown is currently uncertain.
"We had to stop production yesterday evening. This will of course have an effect on our production plan. It is not clear how long the outage will last," Paroubek said on Tuesday.
This marks the second shutdown at the plant this year. The facility, where 1,000 cars are manufactured daily, previously experienced a pause in operations back in February.
Around 60 kilometers to the east of Prague, Toyota's factory in Kolin is responsible for manufacturing the Aygo X mini crossover and the Yaris small hatchback.
This development has cast uncertainty over the plant's production plans, with Paroubek acknowledging that the duration of the outage remains unclear.
Shares of TM are up 1.72% in premarket trading Tuesday.