MILAN — Stellantis will halt production at its Sevel van making plant In Italy next week due to a parts shortage, unions said.
The stoppage will affect most of the plant’s workers, FIM, UILM and Fismic unions said in a statement.
Nicola Manzi, the local head of UILM metal mechanic union, told Reuters the shortage involved components that use chips, as well as other minor ones.
With over 5,000 workers and an annual production capacity of more than 300,000 units, the Sevel plant, in central Italy’s Abruzzo region, is the largest van making plant in Europe.
The plant builds the Citroen Jumper, the Fiat Ducato, the Opel/Vauxhall Movano and the Peugeot Boxer vans in diesel and full-electric versions.
Stellantis will also start building a large commercial van for Toyota at the plant next year.
A spokesman for Stellantis said the group has been taking decisions on operations on a day-by-day, plant-by-plant basis since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.