The disruptions have returned to the Korean auto industry, and this will also affect Israel
Due to disruption of supply of spare parts from China, Hyundai and Kia will be delayed again for several days in South Korea, which has only been reopened in recent days. A number of models are expected to affect the delivery dates to Israel
A car factory has a great deal of dependence on the supply of secondary components for model production
Car factory (Photo: Kenan Cohen, Kenan Cohen)
Once again severe disruptions to the Hyundai Motors Group production line in South Korea due to a lack of China-made parts. Hyundai Motors was the first company to strike car manufacturing plants outside China earlier this month due to disruptions in the supply chain manufactured for China. However, after three days, she returned to work at her manufacturing plants and publicly announced that she had reactivated its spare parts production system in China and had procured supplies needed for regular production.
However, news agencies in Korea report Wednesday that due to very low production efficiency in China's factories due to the Corona crisis, Hyundai has again announced its intention to disable, for at least three days, two of its major manufacturing plants that only reopened in Korea just a few days ago. These are the Olsen No. 1 and Olsen No. 2 plants, where strategic export models such as Hyundai Kona and Santa Fe are manufactured.
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To the full articleAt the same time, Sister Kia, which relies on the same set of spare parts, also announced that it intends to close major manufacturing plants in Korea again, including key models such as Kia Picanto for Israel. As a result, disruptions in export dates and export volumes of Korean key models to Israel are already expected, even if production is fully resumed soon, which is by no means certain.
So far, no "leakage" of production difficulties has been reported for the Group's European plants, which include Hyundai (Czech Republic) and Kia (Slovakia), and many models are exported to Israel. In addition, GM is also preparing for a prolonged shutdown of the factory in Korea that produces the Chevrolet "Spark" due to a shortage of supplies from China.