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Factbox: Carmakers suspend European production over coronavirus

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Update time : 2020-04-21 09:13:27

(Reuters) - Automakers are halting manufacture at plants along Europe during they grapple with a coronavirus and diving demand.

Here is a list of their announcements:

 

BMW

The German company said above March 18 it was preparing to defer manufacture at plants at Europe and Rosslyn, South Africa, until April 19, responding to lower ask and to help diminish danger of contagion. The shutdowns will begin at the purpose of the week.

 

FERRARI

- Luxury carmaker Ferrari said above March 14 it was closing its two plants until March 27 at response to the coronavirus outbreak at Italy and an emerging lack of parts.

 

FIAT-CHRYSLER

- Fiat Chrysler said above March 16 it was halting manufacture because two weeks at its Italian plants of Melfi, Pomigliano, Cassino, Mirafiori, Grugliasco and Modena too during Serbia's Kragujevac equipment and Poland's Tychy plant.

- The company has again halted operations at its Atessa factory at Italy, citing parts supply disruptions linked to the germ outbreak.

 

FORD

- Ford said above March 17 it was temporarily suspending vehicle and apparatus manufacture at manufacturing sites at continental Europe at response to germ impact. It expects the constitution from March 19 to persist because a amount of weeks.

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

- Ford said its Valencia parliament and apparatus facility at Spain temporarily halted manufacture from March 16, after three workers were confirmed with the virus. only indispensable work, such during maintenance and security, will persist on-site.

- Ford said above March 15 it used to familiar its Valencia factory at eastern Spain because a week after three employees tested positive.

 

PSA masses

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

- TPSA, a common venture of PSA and Toyota <7203.T>, said above March 18 it used to defer manufacture at the Czech Republic a week ahead of plan.

 

RENAULT

- Renault said above March 16 it was shutting manufacture at industrial equipment at France, affecting 12 sites and 18,000 workers.

- Renault said above March 17 it used to too near factories at Spain.

- Romanian carmaker Dacia, owned by Renault, will station manufacture at its Mioveni factory until April 5, it said above March 18.

 

VOLKSWAGEN masses

- Volkswagen said it was suspending manufacture at sites at Europe. Of 124 manufacture sites worldwide, 72 are at Europe, and 28 at Germany.

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

- Volkswagen said above March 17 it used to pause manufacture at factories at Spain, Setubal at Portugal, Bratislava at Slovakia and the Lamborghini and Ducati plants at Italy by the purpose of the week.

- Czech brand Skoda said above March 17 it used to begin shutdowns at domestic plants above March 18.

- Audi , Volkswagen's premium unit, said above March 17 it used to pause output at plants at Belgium, Germany, Hungary and Mexico.

- VW said above March 18 it used to pause manufacture at three plants at Poland because at least two weeks.

 

DAIMLER

- The owner of the Mercedes-Benz brand above Tuesday said it used to defer most of its manufacture at Europe because two weeks to test to rein at the virus.

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

- Global supply chains cannot exist maintained now to their complete extent, it said, adding that the economic impact of the germ above Daimler could no exist adequately determined or reliably quantified at this time.

 

NISSAN <7201.T>

- Nissan has ceased manufacture at Britain's biggest teach factory during it assesses supply tie disruption and the drop at neutral demand, the Japanese carmaker said above March 17.

- The company stopped vehicle manufacture at European plants, it said above March 18.

 

TOYOTA

- Toyota machinery Corp <7203.T> said it had stopped operations at plants at Britain and Poland from Wednesday, nevertheless its Czech stand used to exist halted above Thursday. Operations at its Turkey stand used to exist suspended from Saturday.

 

HONDA

- Honda machinery Co <7267.T> said it was temporarily closing its dealerships at Italy.

 

VOLVO CARS

- Sweden's Volvo Cars, owned by China's Geely, closed manufacture at its factory at Ghent, Belgium, until farther notice, a spokesman said above March 18.

 

JAGUAR dirt ROVER

- The British carmaker, owned by Tata Motors , said above March 18 it used to defer manufacture at its factory at Nitra, Slovakia from Friday.

 

CONTINENTAL

- The auto supplier said above March 18 it used to defer manufacture at factories at response to lower visitor ask and to defend employees. Continental declined to detail where the shutdowns used to occur.

 

BOSCH

- The auto supplier above March 18 said it was cutting manufacture or suspending task altogether at plants at France, Italy, Spain at response to lower demand, supply tie bottlenecks and to defend employees.

 

HYUNDAI machinery <005380.KS>

- The South Korean company said above March 19 its Czech factory will defer manufacture from March 23 to April 3 due to the outbreak. Hyundai's Czech operation, which took up almost 12% of global factory sales exterior South Korea at January, this month began delivery of the Kona electric athletics utility vehicle (SUV) to European customers.

 

KIA MOTORS <000270.KS>

- Kia's Slovakia factory will defer manufacture from March 23 because two weeks, a spokesman said above March 19.

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