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September 30, 202111:27 AM UTCLast Updated ago

Autos & Transportation

Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant until 2022

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The Opel headquarters are pictured as the spread of the coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) continues in Ruesselsheim, Germany, April 6, 2020.
REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo

The Opel headquarters are pictured as the spread of the coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) continues in Ruesselsheim, Germany, April 6, 2020.
REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo

BERLIN, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Carmaker Opel, which is part of the
Stellantis (STLA.MI) group, said on Thursday it will close one of its
plants in Germany until at least the end of the year due to chip
shortages.

Production at the Eisenach plant, which makes internal combustion
engine and hybrid electric cars, should start again in 2022, although
an Opel spokesperson could not specify a date.

Some 1,300 workers employed at the plant will be temporarily laid
off, Opel said, with a separate plant in France picking up some of
the production.

Stellantis has halted production at other plants, including in Europe
and Canada, forecasting that it would make 1.4 million fewer vehicles
this year due to the chip shortage. read more

Reporting by Victoria Waldersee; Editing by Alexander Smith

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