MADRID — Stellantis and Renault will partly halt their Spanish crops within the coming days and weeks as the shortage of microchips persists, two union representatives informed Reuters on Friday.

The worldwide chip scarcity, attributable to pandemic provide chaos and booming demand, has ravaged the automotive sector with many firms halting manufacturing quickly.

Two Renault factories in Spain’s Castile and Leon area will come to a short lived halt, with one shutting down solely on Saturday and the opposite cancelling shifts on a number of days this week and the subsequent, a consultant from the CCOO union mentioned.

At Stellantis’ plant in Vigo, in northwestern Spain, the corporate has cancelled Saturday and Sunday evening shifts.

“They stopped manufacturing for 15 days in February. The provision scarcity might imply extra shutdowns in any second,” a Stellantis union consultant informed Reuters.

A Renault spokesperson was not instantly out there to remark and Stellantis didn’t return telephone calls or emails.

In current months, each firms have halted output a number of occasions in Spain.