Stellantis will idle its minivan plant in Ontario for 3 weeks, the automaker stated late Thursday with out providing extra particulars.
Unifor Native 444, which represents hourly employees on the plant, said in a Facebook post that Windsor Meeting Plant shall be down for 3 weeks beginning Feb. 8 “because of the semiconductor scarcity [the technology used to make microchips].”
Stellantis turns into the most recent automaker to chop output because of the rising international microchip scarcity. Earlier on Thursday, Ford said it would curtail F-150 production at two crops in the USA. Normal Motors on Wednesday said it was trimming back production at four plants, together with its Chevrolet Equinox plant in Ingersoll, Ontario.
Stellantis builds the Chrysler Pacifica, Chrysler Grand Caravan and Chrysler Voyager minivans in Windsor.
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