March 16 (SeeNews) - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has temporarily closed its factory in Kragujevac following interruption in market demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic, it said on Monday.
The suspension will be in effect through March 27 and is in line with the implementation of a comprehensive set of actions in response to the coronavirus emergency and enables the group to effectively respond to the interruption in market demand by ensuring the optimisation of supply, FCA said in a statement.
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The measure also applies to the Melfi, Pomigliano, Cassino, Mirafiori, Grugliasco, and Modena plants of FCA in Italy, as well as the Tychy plant in Poland, the company said.
The group will make use of the stoppages to implement revisions to production and quality control protocols and is working with its supply base and business partners to be ready to enable manufacturing operations to deliver previously planned total levels of production despite the suspension when market demand returns, it added.
Last month, an FCA spokesperson said that the company plans to suspend production in Kragujevac due to the lack of supplies of electric parts from China caused by the coronavirus outbreak in the Asian country.