BERLIN -German business automobile maker Traton’s MAN unit restarted manufacturing from Monday after a six-week hole brought on by provide issues ensuing from the battle in Ukraine, the corporate mentioned on Monday.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to a scarcity of wire harnesses that bundle as much as 5 km (3.1 miles) of cables in a automobile and are distinctive to every mannequin, hitting the automotive sector.
The issues led MAN to shorten the hours of as many as 11,000 employees in Germany in mid-March.
Manufacturing got here to a standstill at its truck crops in Munich and Krakow. There was additionally vital manufacturing downtime in Nuremberg, Salzgitter and Wittlich, MAN mentioned.
“Manufacturing remains to be beset by main uncertainties. If the battle had been to maneuver extra strongly into western Ukraine once more, this might lead to a renewed standstill,” MAN Chief Government Alexander Vlaskamp mentioned in a press release.
MAN‘s suppliers in Ukraine are at the moment in a position to manufacture and ship once more, albeit at a low degree, the assertion mentioned.
As well as, the truckmaker mentioned it's working to duplicate cable harness manufacturing in different international locations.
A spokeswoman for MAN was unable to say precisely what number of employees would return to work as manufacturing resumes, noting in an e mail to Reuters that the scenario remained “unstable”.
Markus Soeder, premier of the southern German state of Bavaria, visited the Volkswagen subsidiary’s Munich plant on Monday as manufacturing resumed.
He additionally took to Twitter to induce the Berlin authorities to supply extra assist to German trade hit by the battle in Ukraine.
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