Sentence examples for idle production from inspiring English sources

G.M. had to idle production for about a week while it fixed the problem.

Given so much idle production capacity, economists say, business investment for expansion is not likely to kick in soon.

(Fisker Automotive) Faced with strikes by drivers of transporter rigs, Fiat has been forced to intermittently idle production throughout March at all five of its Italian assembly plants.

The world's idle production capacity has risen to its highest level in six years, and now stands at nearly five million barrels a day.

General Motors will idle production at nine more plants next week because of a strike at a parts supplier, American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings, bringing the number of shutdowns to 29.

Japan's Toyota Motor said it would idle production at 12 plants in its homeland for 11 days in February and March, largely due to December's 37.0% decline in U.S. vehicle sales.

Peugeot, the weaker of the two, wants to cut 6,000 jobs.Per ardua ad AstraThe combination of falling sales, idled production lines, deep discounts and rising losses makes Europe's weaker volume makers look rather like GM and Chrysler did before they were bailed out by the American government and pushed through bankruptcy proceedings.

Ford also idled production in its Oakville, Ontario assembly plant, and suffered two-week delays in U.S. deliveries of its Fiesta model due to the rail track damage.

Caterpillar's retail dealers are selling off inventories, rather than buying new machines, forcing the company to idle some production at plants earlier this year with additional shutdowns coming, the company's executives said on Monday.

Worthington, which is based in Columbus, said it was idling several production lines at the Malvern plant that prepare coils of steel because they have not been profitable.

Because the original members of the group own the rights to most of the Monty Python catalog, each continues to reap royalties from Mr. Idle's productions.