Volkswagen Places 800 Employees on Collective Vacation Due to Material Shortage for Production at Factory in Interior of São Paulo

This Is The Sixth Time That The Volkswagen Plant In Taubaté, In The State Of São Paulo, That Produces The Gol And Voyage Models, Announces Paralysis This Year

Today, Monday (09/27), Volkswagen started a new period of collective vacation for 800 employees of the Taubaté plant in the interior of São Paulo. According to the Metalworkers’ Union, the stoppage is due to a lack of parts and will last for 10 days. This is the sixth time that the plant that produces the Gol and Voyage models announces stoppages this year. Read This News Too: New Collective Vacations Announced By Renault At Its Plant In São José Dos Pinhais, In The State Of Paraná

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The Lack Of Semiconductors Continues To Affect The Volkswagen Plant

The reason given by the company is the lack of parts, mainly semiconductors, which have been in short supply since the beginning of the pandemic, disrupting vehicle production. The union reported that the measure will apply to a group of 800 employees, equivalent to one production shift. The expected date for employees to return to the Taubaté plant in the interior of São Paulo is October 7.

Currently, the Taubaté plant produces the Gol and Voyage cars but is in the process of installing an MQB platform, which will allow the plant to produce other vehicle models. According to the union, this is the sixth time this year that Volkswagen has put employees on collective vacation. The most recent period was between August and September, when 800 workers were affected by the measure, also due to a lack of parts.

Volkswagen Seeks To Mitigate The Effects

Volkswagen informed G1 that the lack of semiconductors has impacted the industry, and the automaker is seeking to minimize the effects on its production. See the note below:

“The shortage of semiconductor capacity has led to several supply bottlenecks in many industries globally. This has also created problems in supplying the automotive industry around the world during the year 2021. The result is adaptations across the industry in vehicle production, which also affects the brands of the Volkswagen Group. In recent months, the Volkswagen America Latina team has been working intensively in partnership with the headquarters and suppliers to minimize the effects of the semiconductor shortage on production in its factories in the region. However, the current scenario does not show progress towards a definitive solution aimed at normalizing chip supply.”

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General Motors will resume normal vehicle production at its plant in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, on Monday, September 27, and in Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul, on October 4, with the return of the second work shift at both units. With this, the company hopes to recover at least part of the approximately 200,000 vehicles it stopped producing during the period when the units were closed due to a lack of semiconductors.

In March of this year, GM had halted its production in factories in Brazil due to the semiconductor crisis, as the Onix models have more than double these components compared to competitors in the same category.

Santiago Chamorro, president of GM South America, says this is a very important moment for employees, unions, suppliers, dealers, and consumers. The company has high expectations that with the resumption of production at its factories in Brazil after the semiconductor crisis, the automaker will return to the positive pace it had at the beginning of the year.