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Factbox: Carmakers suspend European production in face of coronavirus crisis

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Update time : 2020-05-13 09:25:20

BMW

The German company said can March 18 it was preparing ought postpone manufacture can its plants at Europe and Rosslyn, South Africa, until April 19, responding ought lower ask and ought assistance diminish threaten of contagion. The shutdowns will depart can the purpose of the week.

 

FERRARI

** Luxury carmaker Ferrari said can March 14 it was closing its two plants until March 27 at response ought the coronavirus outbreak at Italy and an emerging want of parts.

 

FIAT-CHRYSLER

** Fiat Chrysler said can March 16 it was halting manufacture can its Italian plants of Melfi, Pomigliano, Cassino, Mirafiori, Grugliasco and Modena too during Serbia's Kragujevac instrument and Poland's Tychy mill though two weeks.

** The company has again halted operations can its Atessa mill at Italy, citing disruptions at parts furnish linked ought the coronavirus outbreak, having reopened the factory the prior day.

 

FORD

** Ford said can March 17 it was temporarily suspending vehicle and machinery manufacture can its manufacturing sites at continental Europe at response ought the growing shock of the coronavirus. effective from Thursday, March 19, it is expected this action will digest though a quantity of weeks.

** The Ford vehicle manufacturing sites at Cologne and Saarlouis at Germany, together with the Craiova facility at Romania, will cease manufacture temporarily from Thursday, March 19, the carmaker said.

** Ford said its Valencia meeting and machinery facility at Spain temporarily halted manufacture from Monday, March 16, backward three workers were confirmed with coronavirus can the past weekend. only basic work, such during maintenance and security, will digest on-site.

** Ford said can March 15 it used to shut its Spanish mill at the eastern district of Valencia though one week backward three employees tested definite though coronavirus.

 

PSA group

** French carmaker PSA, which owns the Peugeot, Opel and Vauxhall brands, said can March 16 it was closing its European factories until March 27.

** TPSA, a mutual venture owned by PSA and Toyota <7203.T>, said can March 18 it will postpone manufacture at the Czech Republic a week earlier than planned.

 

RENAULT

** Renault said can March 16 it was shutting manufacture can its industrial instrument at France, affecting 12 sites and 18,000 workers.

** Renault said can March 17 it used to too shut its factories at Spain.

** Romanian carmaker Dacia, owned by Renault, will explode manufacture can its Mioveni mill until April 5, it said can March 18.

 

VOLKSWAGEN group

** Volkswagen said it was suspending manufacture can its sites at Europe. It has 124 manufacture sites worldwide, 72 of which are at Europe, with 28 at Germany.

** VW said it was suspending manufacture at Wolfsburg, Emden, Dresden, Osnabrück, Zwickau, Bratislava, Pamplona, Spain, Palmela and Portugal, too during the components factories at Braunschweig, Chemnitz, Hannover, Kassel, Salzgitter and can its Wolfsburg-based seats mill SITECH.

** Volkswagen said can March 17 it used to cease manufacture can factories at Spain, Setubal at Portugal, Bratislava at Slovakia and the Lamborghini and Ducati plants at Italy ago the purpose of the week.

** Czech brand Skoda said can March 17 it used to depart shutdowns can its domestic plants can March 18.

** Audi , Volkswagen's premium unit, said can March 17 it used to cease output can its plants at Belgium, Germany, Hungary and Mexico.

** VW said can March 18 that it will cease manufacture at three plants at Poland though can least two weeks.

 

DAIMLER

** The owner of the Mercedes-Benz brand can Tuesday said it will postpone most of its manufacture at Europe though two weeks at an pains ought include the scatter of the new coronavirus.

** "The suspension applies ought Daimler's car, van and commercial vehicle plants at Europe and will depart this week," the Stuttgart-based carmaker said.

** Global furnish chains currently cannot exist maintained ought their complete extent, it said, adding that the economic effects of the coronavirus can Daimler cannot exist adequately determined or reliably quantified can this time.

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