According to foreign media reports, a trade union representative of automobile manufacturer stellantis disclosed on June 1 that the company's Melfi plant in southern Italy will be suspended again next week because of the shortage of various parts including semiconductors**
Original title: stellantis melfield plant will be shut down next week due to lack of core
Marco lomio, the local head of the metalworkers' Union uilm, revealed that the shortage of chips was the main reason for the shutdown. After a meeting with local workers' representatives in stellantis, he said: "fortunately, the melfield factory was operating normally throughout may. But now there is a shortage of chips, and we can't produce cars." Lomio said that the shutdown was expected to affect more than 7000 workers in the Melfi plant.
A spokesman for stellantis confirmed the plan to the media. He said that the plant would be suspended from June 6 to 11 due to chip shortage. The spokesman said in a statement: "stellantis will continue to work closely with our suppliers to mitigate the impact of various supply chain problems facing the industry on production."
The melfield plant is currently responsible for the production of Fiat 500X small crossover vehicles, Jeep renegade small SUVs and Jeep compass compact SUVs.
Last month, the fim-cisl and uilm trade unions said that stellantis also plans to produce four pure electric medium-sized vehicles for different brands in the melfield factory from 2024, and the new models will use its pure electric stla medium-sized platform.