Factory frenzy: Japanese add N.A. capacity

November 19, 2012

Auto News –

Japan’s automakers are gearing up for the biggest wave of North American production expansion in a decade.

The goals: Win back market share lost because of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, boost sales in the world’s most robust market and get around a dollar-yen exchange rate that makes exports from Japan unprofitable.

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