Manufacturing stoppages at two Stellantis automotive crops in France stem from shortages in parts from German provider Continental, two Reuters “sources near Stellantis” stated on Friday.
Continental reportedly was unable to ship its related navigation and leisure programs to a Citroen plant in Rennes, one of many sources stated. The opposite stated a Peugeot plant in Sochaux was halted as a result of Continental had not delivered contact screens.
Continental declined to remark to Reuters.
French enterprise paper La Tribune first reported the information on Friday morning, Reuters stated.
A Stellantis spokesperson instructed Reuters the group wouldn’t touch upon particular person suppliers and reiterated that present stoppages at each crops had been associated to bottlenecks in semiconductor provide.
Stellantis stated on Wednesday each crops could be stopped till subsequent week.
The group would additionally cease operations at its Melfi plant in southern Italy from late 28 June to 2 July because of a “structural” scarcity of semiconductors, Reuters famous.
The information company sources couldn’t say at what level within the provide chain disruptions started, whether or not it was a difficulty with Continental’s manufacturing or due to one other provider’s issues.
