According to Škoda, the lack of semiconductors may be due to a reduction in the production of manufacturers in Asia, due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is not the first production stop in Škoda due to missing chips. “The consequences hit the entire automotive industry hard, some competing brands have already completely closed their plants by the end of 2021. Even Škoda Auto cannot avoid this global crisis. We will also have to significantly reduce or stop production in the future from the 42nd calendar week to the end of the year, ”said Tomáš Kotera, head of the company’s communications.
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The damage will be completed by cars that lack some components due to a lack of chips. The number of distributed stored cars has long ranged between 30,000 and 50,000.
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“We assume that the production of semiconductors will gradually start again in the second half of 2022. The whole supply situation should then calm down, “said Kotera.
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There is no danger of dismissal
According to Kotera, the company’s priority is to secure jobs and the corresponding amount of compensation of employees’ wages. They now stay at home for 85 percent of the average wage, but according to unions, they are in danger of being reduced to 80 percent.
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According to unions, people should not be afraid of being laid off. “From November 1, a reduced standard of service will be prepared and this will cause an immediate suspension of staff arrivals and maximum use of the natural turnover of regular staff and agency workers,” the unions said. Fluctuations will also allow the transfer of agency workers to core stocks.
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At stake is also the transfer of workers between operations as needed. As a matter of priority, employees will move within one plant, but if necessary also between the Mladá Boleslav, Kvasiny and Vrchlabí plants. “In the past, even in the case of overhanging staff, dozens of buses transported employees from Vrchlabí to Mladá Boleslav, from Vrchlabí to Kvasin and also from Kvasin to Mladá Boleslav,” the unions said.
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| Last year, Škoda Auto delivered over one million cars worldwide. It operates three production plants in the Czech Republic, produces in China, Russia, Slovakia and India, mostly through group partnerships, as well as in Ukraine and Kazakhstan in cooperation with local partners. It is active in more than 100 markets. |
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