Due to the lack of electronic components, there will be short-time working at the Rastatt Mercedes-Benz plant in the coming week.
A spokeswoman for Mercedes-Benz Cars & Vans announced this on request in Stuttgart on Friday.
The daily newspaper "Badische Latest Nachrichten" reported on it beforehand.
Rastatt / Stuttgart - The plant has more than 6,500 employees and a leading role in the Daimler production network for compact vehicles.
In 1997, the first Mercedes-Benz A-Class rolled off the assembly line there.
The “driving style” of the factory will be adapted.
This will be "largely compensated for by short-time work for the employees," said the spokeswoman.
How many employees are affected remained open.
In contrast, the worldwide Mercedes-Benz plants will run “largely without restrictions” in the coming week (from October 25).
In the summer there were production restrictions at several locations due to the chip crisis, including in Rastatt.
Due to the shortage of semiconductors, there was a significant slump in sales.
The Mercedes-Benz brand delivered 428 361 cars worldwide from July to September - that was over 30 percent fewer than in the same period of the previous year.
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