Suppliers await Toyota euro verdict
2 April 2012
Suppliers to Toyota are keeping a close eye on the exchange rate that the car manufacturer will use when it begins talks over invoicing them in euros.
"We don’t know what the exchange rate will be," said Edward Roberts, chairman and chief executive of Peterson Springs, a second-tier supplier to Toyota. Suppliers are concerned that the rate will be pegged below the official euro exchange rate, creating a de facto price cut and squeezing their margins.
Toyota announced this month that it will be asking suppliers...