Lack of parts limits production and truck factories produce on Sundays to meet high demand for crop transport

Despite the lack of parts limiting production, truck assemblers have extended the working day at the factories to meet the rising demand coming from transporting the crop. In other words: the delay in supply has made the lines work for longer hours, since nobody wants to lose sales due to lack of product.

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The new measure even includes working on Sundays to finalize and release vehicles to dealerships. This is what has been happening since the beginning of the year at the Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus factory in Rio de Janeiro.

On the other days of the week, the automaker, like its competitors, has been working overtime in the first and second shifts. The lines lack electronic circuits, necessary for components such as electrical harnesses, as well as tires and steel and aluminum parts.

After Ford leaves Brazil and stops production of cars in Bahia, Camaçari is experiencing the 'dismantling' of factories and 7,5 people are expected to lose their jobs

After the announcement by the American multinational Ford of leaving Brazil and interrupting the production of cars in Camaçari, Bahia, auto parts companies installed in the city are already working on dismantling their factories and around 7,5 people are expected to lose their jobs in the city.

The issue is that the American multinational's direct suppliers do not believe in the arrival of another manufacturer to replace the automaker in the short term, and are focused on stopping immediate losses, such as personnel costs and renting warehouses. These companies are also negotiating with Ford a solution for the stranding of products and inputs.

7,5 people who must lose their jobs in Camaçari – Bahia

These manufacturers employed more than 3 direct workers in Camaçari, Bahia. The number is not far from the 4,05 direct employees of the Ford factory. Added together, the contingents indicate the approximately 7,5 people who are likely to lose their jobs in the city.

The superintendent of the Federation of Industries of Bahia (Fieb), Vladson Menezes, says that these positions represent around 4% of industrial jobs in Bahia. Data from the Monthly Industrial Survey (PIA-IBGE) show that, in 2018, Ford and suppliers had 8,63 direct employees. The shrinkage translates the drop in the automaker's participation in the Brazilian market.