Production at Autoeuropa will resume in the last week of April, after being suspended due to the covid pandemic - 19, Volkswagen announced today in a statement in establishing the recovery dates for the various factories.
In a press release, the car manufacturer says that the first factories dedicated to the production of passenger cars to resume production will be those in Zwickau, Germany, and Bratislava, Slovakia, as of Monday .
"Other factories in Germany, Portugal, Spain, Russia and the United States will restart production" in the last week of April, says Volkswagen. Subsequently, during the month of May, production will also resume at the production units in South Africa, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, he added.
According to the press release, production will resume in line with parts availability, government requirements and the development of sales markets, among other issues. T
he German brand also stresses that the resumption of production will always have "compliance with" health protection measures for workers "as the main priority".
Most Volkswagen factories in China have already resumed production, as well as the company's division dedicated to components.
Volkswagen decided to suspend production at the Autoeuropa car plant in Palmela, in the Setúbal district, due to the covid pandemic - 19 , on March 17, but the company had been stopped since the previous day, given that many workers were forced to miss work to stay with their children due to the closure of schools.
Autoeuropa, which initially announced the suspension of production until 29 in March, extended this period until 12 of April, having announced on 08 the intention to resume production, gradually, starting from the day 20.
The company, the largest car factory in the country, has more than five thousand workers. Globally, the covid - 19 pandemic has already caused more than 131 1,000 dead and infected more than two million people in 193 countries and territories. More than 436 thousand patients were considered cured.