Volkswagen has due to the corona-related restrictions in China stops the lines at one plant and produces less elsewhere. “Production at the Chengdu plant was temporarily stopped in connection with the current corona wave,” a spokesman said on Monday when asked by the Reuters news agency. He later specified that the production lines at the factory in southwest China, which he runs jointly with FAW, had been stopped a week ago.
In Changchun in the northeast, the production of two out of a total of five production lines is affected by a lack of parts. The other lines are currently sufficiently supplied. In the other plants, production is largely stable. “Due to the volatility of the situation, however, short-term changes in the way individual production facilities operate cannot be ruled out,” added the spokesman. The stock dipped slightly on Monday.
Zero Covid policy also threatens Apple
China’s strict zero-Covid policy also threatens the business of many other western companies in the People’s Republic. Last week there was renewed massive unrest in the largest Foxconn iPhone factory. Several thousand employees are said to have left the Foxconn site in Zhengzhou, China, in the wake of the protests. This could have serious consequences for Apple because the production capacities cannot be expanded as planned.
at bmw On the other hand, the plants in the People’s Republic ran normally. CEO Oliver Zipse (58) said on Friday that only offices were closed because the employees worked from home. Mercedes-Benz initially did not respond to a request as to whether production in China was affected.