Avtotor predicts the production cuts due to coronavirus

Avtotor Kaliningrad plant, due to interruptions in the supply of components caused by the epidemiological situation of the coronavirus, expects a decrease in production from the previously planned production volume of about 8 thousand cars in the first quarter of 2020. This was reported in the press service of the enterprise, not excluding a further drop in production. As noted, Avtotor is taking measures to adjust the operating mode of the enterprise to prevent production shutdowns.

Earlier, Avtotor reported that due to the spread of coronavirus, supply disruptions for the production of cars from plants located in South Korea are possible, and did not exclude the risk of a decrease in production volumes in compare with the previous year.

Recall that at the end of 2019, Avtotor increased the production by 5% to 212 thousand cars. The largest share in the company's production volume was occupied by KIA cars, the assembly of which reached more than 139 thousand units in the previous year. Among the KIA innovations that appeared at Avtotor in the previous year are the new flagship sedan K900 and KIA Soul of the third generation. The production of cars Hyundai and Genesis reached more than 49.5 thousand units.

As AUTOSTAT previously reported, in January of 2020, Avtotor began the production of a new compact crossover KIA Seltos. The company also plans to develop further a project for the production of cars using alternative-fuel engines (in particular, the “pilot” production of the gas-engine version of the HD 78 truck).