Yamaha Motor suspends its operations due to COVID-19

In light of the novel COVID 19 pandemic and keeping in mind the safety, health and hygiene of our employees, customers, business partners and the community in general, India Yamaha Motor (IYM) Pvt. Ltd. has taken the preventive counter-measure of suspending its manufacturing operations at its Plants in Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Surajpur (Uttar Pradesh) and Faridabad (Haryana) till 31st March 2020.

The operations at the Surajpur plant in Uttar Pradesh and Faridabad Plant in Haryana has been suspended from 23 ^rd March to 31 ^st March whereas the operations at the Chennai plant in Tamil Nadu will be suspended from 24 ^th March to 31 ^st March. The employees working at the Head Office and Area Offices have been provided with the option to Work from Home till March 31 ^st.

The Japanese two wheeler giant said “Yamaha is fully committed to the health protocols in the wake of the COVID-19 threat and as a responsible Corporate, it has been taking all the precautionary measures such as increased frequency of sanitization at factory premises and work stations, restrictions in travel and creating awareness among the employees in the current scenario. We will completely abide by the government order during the said period and will wait for further notifications from the respective State Governments to resume plant operations at all the three locations.”