April 3 (SeeNews) - The Romanian unit of US car maker Ford Motor Company said on Friday that its plant in Craiova will remain closed until May 4 at least due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The move complies with a general decision issued by Ford Europe for all its European manufacturing facilities, Ford Romania said in a press release.
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All Ford Romania employees will remain in technological unemployment until April 30.
On March 19, Ford Romania announced that it will temporarily halt production in Craiova and its employees will be sent in technological unemployment because of the coronavirus epidemic.
Ford employees will be paid 78% of their salary during that period, Ford Romania said at the time.
In February, Ford said it expects a record daily volume of production this year at its vehicle assembly plant in Craiova. Over 1,000 Puma and EcoSport compact SUVs will be assembled daily at the plant in southern Romania, meaning that a car will roll out every 67 seconds, Ford Romania said at the time.
Ford has said it has invested over 1.5 billion euro ($1.64 billion) in Craiova since 2008 and has reached a total of 6,300 employees, working in both the vehicle assembly factory and the engine factory.
Earlier this week, Romanian car maker Automobile Dacia and Pirelli Tyres Romania too announced that they decided to extend closure of their plants in Romania.
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