Multinational Hyundai resumes production in one shift at its plant in São Paulo, after ten days completely stopped. Fiat and Volkswagen suspend activities and give collective vacations to workers

Global chip crisis affects large multinationals and automotive industry may collapse due to lack of components. The multinational Hyundai goes against the grain of the world and announces the resumption of production at its factory in São Paulo. Unfortunately, this is not the case with the automaker Fiat, which suspended its production of vehicles and returned, last Monday (12/07), ten-day collective vacations to a thousand workers at the factory in Betim, in Minas Gerais. Volkswagen is also affected and keeps its activities temporarily suspended at its factory in São Paulo.

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Hyundai factory in Piracicaba, in São Paulo, resumes production in one shift

Hyundai in Piracicaba, São Paulo, resumed production in one shift, after ten days completely stopped. On Monday, Hyundai will return to full production, with the anticipation of the return, previously scheduled only for the 26th, of afternoon and night shifts.

The third shift at the Korean multinational factory, where the HB20 and Creta models are assembled, had been suspended since May 31, while the afternoon shift (second shift) had production interrupted for almost a month.

Fiat and Volkswagen suspend production at the Minas Gerais and São Bernardo do Campo factory, check out the video below

Since the beginning of the supply crisis, Fiat, one of the brands of Stellantis, and one of the largest car manufacturers in the world, has been alternating vacations for groups of workers, and from March to now is the fourth time that the automaker is forced to to suspend part of the production, with vacations always of ten days, due to the irregularity in the supply of parts.

In the first ten days of July, another thousand workers had already gone on vacation in Betim, where the Uno, Fiorino, Doblô, Grand Siena, Mobi and Argo models are assembled, in addition to the Strada pickup, which has become the best-selling car this year. from the country.

The automaker informed the CNN which is adjusting production to the pace of supply of electronic components and is in permanent contact with suppliers to mitigate the effects of the global shortage of semiconductors.

Also due to lack of electronic components, Volkswagen will suspend from Monday, for 20 days, the first production shift at the factory in São Bernardo do Campo, which assembles the Polo, Virtus, Nivus and Saveiro models. Recalling that Volkswagen had already stopped production of the Gol and Voyage in Taubaté, in the interior of São Paulo, on Monday, in a stoppage that will last until the end of the month.