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Automakers are halting product at plants along Europe because they grapple with a coronavirus and diving demand.
Here is a catalog of their announcements:
The German corporation said above March 18 it was preparing ought delay product at plants at Europe and Rosslyn, South Africa, until April 19, responding ought lower implore and ought help diminish danger of contagion. The shutdowns will commence at the goal of the week.
- Luxury carmaker Ferrari said above March 14 it was closing its two plants until March 27 at response ought the coronavirus outbreak at Italy and an emerging absence of parts.
- Fiat Chrysler said above March 16 it was halting product because two weeks at its Italian plants of Melfi, Pomigliano, Cassino, Mirafiori, Grugliasco and Modena also because Serbia's Kragujevac mechanism and Poland's Tychy plant.
- The corporation has again halted operations at its Atessa mill at Italy, citing parts furnish disruptions linked ought the virus outbreak.
- Ford said above March 17 it was temporarily suspending vehicle and mechanism product at manufacturing sites at continental Europe at response ought virus impact. It expects the code from March 19 ought last because a number of weeks.
- The Ford vehicle manufacturing sites at Cologne and Saarlouis at Germany, together with the Craiova facility at Romania, will cease product temporarily from March 19, the carmaker said.
- Ford said its Valencia habit and mechanism facility at Spain temporarily halted product from March 16, backward three workers were confirmed with the virus. unique radical work, such because maintenance and security, will last on-site.
- Ford said above March 15 it used to total its Valencia mill at eastern Spain because a week backward three employees tested positive.
PSA group
- 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 dare of PSA and Toyota <7203.T>, said above March 18 it used to delay product at the Czech Republic a week ahead of plan.
RENAULT
- Renault said above March 16 it was shutting product at industrial mechanism at France, affecting 12 sites and 18,000 workers.
- Renault said above March 17 it used to also near factories at Spain.
- Romanian carmaker Dacia, owned by Renault, will crack product at its Mioveni mill until April 5, it said above March 18.
VOLKSWAGEN group
- Volkswagen said it was suspending product at sites at Europe. Of 124 product sites worldwide, 72 are at Europe, and 28 at Germany.
- VW said it was suspending product at Wolfsburg, Emden, Dresden, Osnabrück, Zwickau, Bratislava, Pamplona, Spain, Palmela and Portugal, also because at components factories at Braunschweig, Chemnitz, Hannover, Kassel, Salzgitter and its Wolfsburg-based seats mill SITECH.
- Volkswagen said above March 17 it used to cease product at factories at Spain, Setubal at Portugal, Bratislava at Slovakia and the Lamborghini and Ducati plants at Italy by the goal of the week.
- Czech brand Skoda said above March 17 it used to commence shutdowns at domestic plants above March 18.
- Audi
- VW said above March 18 it used to cease product at three plants at Poland because at least two weeks.
DAIMLER
- The owner of the Mercedes-Benz brand above Tuesday said it used to delay most of its product at Europe because two weeks ought attempt ought rein at the virus.
- "The suspension applies ought Daimler's car, van and commercial vehicle plants at Europe and will commence this week," the Stuttgart-based carmaker said.
- Global furnish chains cannot be maintained now ought their entire extent, it said, adding that the economic shock of the virus above Daimler could no be adequately determined or reliably quantified at this time.
NISSAN <7201.T>
- Nissan has ceased product at Britain's biggest jeep mill because it assesses furnish bind disruption and the descend at impartial demand, the Japanese carmaker said above March 17.
- The corporation stopped vehicle product at European plants, it said above March 18.
TOYOTA
- Toyota mechanism Corp <7203.T> said it had stopped operations at plants at Britain and Poland from Wednesday, however its Czech stand used to be halted above Thursday. Operations at its Turkey stand used to be suspended from Saturday.
