VW has to shut down again due to problems in the supply chain.
This time the plant in Emden is affected, where thousands of employees can no longer go about their work.
The Volkswagen Group is apparently sending thousands of employees on
short-time
work at the Emden plant
.
A gap in the process of the
supply chain
obviously
forces the manufacturer
VW
to take this measure.
The
company will most likely miss the
targeted
annual volume
at the location.
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Emden / Wolfsburg - The
VW location in Emden
plays a major role in the import and export of the largest car company in Europe.
The belts of the local production facility in the Lower Saxony plant will apparently come to a standstill for the time being.
Volkswagen
is forced to
suspend production for two weeks
due to missing
computer components
, as the
SZ
describes.
Accordingly, suppliers cannot provide the agreed quantities of semiconductor materials, which means that VW will register short-time work for this period.
The measure affects around
9,000 employees
who are under contract at the northern German location.
VW plant in Emden has to interrupt production - because of delivery problems with semiconductors
According to the report, due to the
gap in the manufacturing process
, the belts will be idle from next week.
Semiconductor technology
is found in almost all modern
high-tech products
, in modern vehicle construction it is used in microchips in control electronics.
The technology is considered to be the heart of modern cars and is an essential factor for components such as the drive train, infotainment or driver assistance systems.
The
VW plant in Emden is
playing a key role in the Group's new electric offensive, while a popular model steeped in tradition is about to end.
The production failure will apparently not be made up for later: around 1,000 vehicles are manufactured in Emden every day, the company apparently does not expect that the planned annual volume of
190,000 units can
still be achieved, but there is no confirmation of this yet.
VW: Suppliers cannot deliver semiconductor components - Emden plant stops production
Volkswagen
already had
problems with the
availability of semiconductor components
last year
.
Companies from the electrical engineering sector had switched production in the wake of the slump in sales in the
Corona crisis
, which
resulted in bottlenecks
in the
automotive industry
.
In December,
VW
spoke
of a severely restricted delivery situation that would result in "significant disruptions in global vehicle production".
The agreements with regard to short-time work for employees have been adapted accordingly.
Due to the lack of
electronic components
, the group had already
reduced capacities
at its headquarters in
Wolfsburg
and
Braunschweig
in December
.
Emden was also affected by the development; according to the
dpa
, there were
initially problems due to the lack of deliveries of seat parts.
(PF)
