Volkswagen plants in Kaluga and Nizhny Novgorod shut down the work due to lack of components

This was reported by the publishing house "Moscow Komsomolets Kaluga" with reference to the press service of Volkswagen Group Rus. The forced suspension of production, which will last from March 30th to April 10th, 2020, is due to the lack of components supplied from Europe.

Recall that in the previous week Volkswagen stopped its plants in Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and other European countries. At the plants in Kaluga and Nizhny Novgorod, such “holidays” will qualify as simple and paid according to the laws of the Russian Federation. The company management is confident that this situation will not affect the supply of cars to dealer networks. “At present, we can ensure stable deliveries of cars and spare parts to our dealers and customers,” - the company assured.

According to the agency AUTOSTAT, in 2019, the Kaluga plant produced 151.6 thousand Volkswagen and Skoda cars, which is higher by 4% than a year before. In turn, in Nizhny Novgorod, the volume of contract assembly of cars of these brands reached 64.3 thousand units, by showing an increase of 14%.