The sharp drop in car sales in the first half of the year and parts supply problems led to six terminals to stop their production all week.
The decision to paralyze the plants was combined with the holidays, because there will be no production throughout the week. In the first factory that this decision was made was in Santa Isabel, Córdobawhere vehicles are produced for renault and nissan.
The suspension is related to the adaptation of production to the current level of demand. In addition, Renault is analyzing reducing the two production shifts from 8 to 6 hours starting in July, which would be replicated in Nissan, which manufactures in a single shift.
toyota – the country’s main manufacturer – will also not manufacture vehicles all week. The Japanese terminal has just concluded a voluntary retirement plan, as a result of the drop in exports to Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, markets that are also experiencing declining sales. According to Toyota, part of the slowdown in production was due to the delay in the arrival of ships with imported parts.
In the case of Fiatalso suspends production all week due to problems with the arrival of parts from Brazil, such as the steering box.
In Córdoba there would be a large number of unfinished Cronos units due to this problem. In Brazil, a similar situation would be repeated in thousands of units of a model that shares this part. General Motors, in Santa Fe, also suspends activity all week. This terminal is coming off personnel layoffs and is adjusting production to current demand.
Adding to this scenario of paralysis is the Mercedes-Benz Van division, in Virrey del Pino, La Matanza district. In this case the company is carrying out a reform in the paint plant.
Meanwhile, Volkswagen, Ford and the Stellantis plant in El Palomar, where Peugeot and Citroën models are produced, reported that they will work normally.
