Suzuki Motor Gujarat plant will cease manufacturing for 3 Saturdays this month resulting from chip scarcity, the corporate introduced in a regulatory submitting.
see imagesMaruti Suzuki produces Swift and Baleno on the plant for home and export markets
Maruti Suzuki has introduced that manufacturing might be affected at Suzuki Motor Gujarat (SMG) in Gujarat this month. The manufacturing impression is a results of semiconductor scarcity circumstances globally, and the corporate won’t produce on three Saturdays – August 7, 14 and 21, the corporate mentioned in a regulatory submitting. In addition, a brief discount from two-shift to single-shift operation could also be noticed in some manufacturing traces.
Maruti Suzuki additionally mentioned that “as the situation is dynamic and uncertain, the company will monitor and take day-to-day decisions on models, lines or shifts to optimize resources for maximum efficiency.”
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Other OEMs additionally introduced manufacturing cuts resulting from chip scarcity
The Suzuki Motor Gujarat plant is positioned in Hansalpur district, and is owned by Suzuki Motor Company, Japan. It produces absolutely constructed vehicles, together with the Swift and Baleno, for the home and export markets. This is the primary time that the Indian automaker has known as for a manufacturing minimize resulting from non-availability of chips.
Semiconductor chips are used to regulate many digital parts in vehicles, together with infotainment programs, electrical programs, and even digital aids. The scarcity has pressured carmakers globally to chop manufacturing.
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With the announcement, Maruti Suzuki joins the likes of Mahindra & Mahindra, Ford India and MG Motor India, which needed to minimize manufacturing resulting from chip scarcity. Globally too, Jaguar Land Rover introduced a manufacturing discount of 100,000 models between April and September this 12 months resulting from chip scarcity.
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With inputs from NDTV
