MILAN (Reuters) - Stellantis has asked to temporarily activate a furlough scheme at its Melfi plant in Italy to respond to production hiccups amid a g.
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MILAN, April 29 (Reuters) - Automaker Stellantis will halt production at its Melfi plant in southern Italy from May 3 to May 10 because of low demand triggered by the COVID-19 crisis and semiconductor shortages, the UILM union said on Thursday.
Stellantis, the world’s fourth largest automaker, makes Jeep Renegade and Compass models and the Fiat 500X compact SUV in Melfi, one of the group’s largest assembly facilities in Italy.
UILM’s Marco Lomio said the main reason for the stoppage was the semiconductor shortages.
“That’s the most serious problem,” he said. “I cannot rule out we’ll have further shift stoppages in May, as this issue is getting bigger and bigger and harder and harder to manage.”