In addition to the large plant in Bratislava, Volkswagen also operates in Martin, where it manufactures components for gearboxes and chassis, and in Stupava, where it manufactures welding tongs or protective devices.
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The company did not provide details of the outage. It is not known which products and plants it concerns, but the most deficient components go to large SUVs, which are manufactured in Bratislava.
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“I do not want to be more specific. We fight to make it not long and not so bad. We have done this in the past. The situation is changing every day, ”said Oliver Grünberg, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Slovakia, about the announced reduction in production.
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According to Grünberg, the situation on the semiconductor components market is very critical, not only in the area of universal chips, but also in the case of chips such as those used only in Volkswagen Group cars.
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A large proportion of electronic components are mainly sports utility vehicles (SUVs), which last year accounted for three quarters of the production of the Volkswagen plant in Bratislava.
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Last year, the Slovak plant assembled 309,348 vehicles due to the effects of the coronavirus crisis for five weeks. This was a year-on-year decrease of 18 percent. The company did not announce the outlook for this year.
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In addition to the Škoda Karoq, Volkswagen also manufactures Audi Q7, Audi Q8, Volkswagen Touareg and Porsche Cayenne cars in Slovakia as part of the SUV. In addition, it installs small city vehicles, including the Škoda Citigo.
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With 11,500 employees, Volkswagen Slovakia is one of the largest employers in the country. Last week, the factory announced that it was looking for approximately 400 new employees to assemble vehicles.
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The shortage of semiconductors also stopped production for Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech Republic in Cologne for two weeks from Monday, March 22.
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However, computer manufacturers also have problems, and the shortage of goods at present is mainly computer graphics cards, for which the situation is complicated by the high demand from cryptocurrency miners. However, chip manufacturers prefer companies in this area to automakers.
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