Stellantis has prolonged downtime at its minivan plant in Ontario because of provide chain points, the automaker mentioned Friday.

The Windsor Meeting Plant was to renew manufacturing Jan. 24, however that output will stay stalled for at the very least one other week.

“Stellantis continues to work intently with our suppliers to mitigate the manufacturing impacts attributable to the varied provide chain points going through our business,” spokeswoman LouAnn Gosselin mentioned in a press release. “As a result of unprecedented world microchip scarcity, manufacturing on the Windsor Meeting Plant will likely be down the week of Jan. 24.”

Manufacturing had been halted for weeks to ensure that the automaker “to align manufacturing with world gross sales,” Gosselin beforehand advised Automotive Information Canada. 

Stellantis employs about 4,500 folks on two shifts on the plant, however a shift is scheduled to be lower in Windsor this spring.

Windsor meeting staff construct the Chrysler Pacifica and Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid. Additionally they construct the Chrysler Grand Caravan for the Canadian market and the Chrysler Voyager for fleets in the USA.

The automaker offered 4,505 Pacificas in Canada final yr, up from 2,733 in 2020. Stellantis offered 2,721 Chrysler Grand Caravans in 2021, up from the 27 it offered the yr earlier than.