The lack of chips is also causing short-time work at auto suppliers in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
According to the industry association Automotive-MV, there is currently short-time work in more than half of the member companies or has been applied for, as association representative Andreas Vietinghoff said on Monday in Rostock.
Rostock - It is annoying: First, the pandemic and the associated uncertainties among consumers caused less demand, said Vietinghoff.
Now the demand is there, but it cannot be satisfied because the supply chains from Asia are not yet working again.
Market observers assumed that this would last into the coming year.
The chip crisis has been going on since spring.
There are also delivery problems with metal and plastic parts from Asia.
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According to Vietinghoff, the decline in orders also affects automotive suppliers who use no or hardly any chips.
If the production lines were to be stopped in the car factory, no supplier parts would be required.
A subsidiary of the Friedrichshafen-based ZF Group is affected by short-time work.
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The company manufactures gas generators for airbag systems.
The "Ostsee-Zeitung" had previously reported.
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