January 20 (SeeNews) - Slovenian car maker Revoz, a unit of France's Renault, plans to suspend production on Thursday due to a disruption in the supplies of spare parts for the Twingo model by local company Treves, a company official said on Wednesday.
"The Twingo model represents the greater part of daily production, which slightly exceeds 700 cars, and output will be stopped completely for a certain period of time," Revoz head of communications Nevenka Basek Zildzovic said, as seen in a video file posted on the website of public broadcaster RTV Slovenia.
Treves, a producer of sound and thermal insulation components, suspended supplies of spare parts to Revoz after its factory was damaged by a fire last week, Zildzovic said.
Production is expected to resume next week, she noted.
Revoz manufactures the new Renault Clio 5 model, as well as Renault Twingo and electric Smart Forfour EQ. The Novo Mesto-based company is the only car manufacturer in Slovenia and one of the country's top exporters, employing some 3,400.