Nissan will carry out temporary work stoppages at three of its plants in Mexico plants for several days in June due to production adjustments needed to manage an ongoing shortage of semiconductor chips.
Aguascalientas Plant 1 is set to close for seven days in June, while the same facility’s Plant 2 will close for one day in the month. The company did not provide details of which days.
Meanwhile, the automaker said its CIVAC plant in Morelos state will temporarily stop operations for seven days in June. It also did not mention the dates.
“We will continue to making adjustments to our production process in order to reduce impacts to the auto industry both locally and worldwide,” the automaker said.
The Aguacalientes Plant 1 works on Versa, Kicks, and March models, Plant 2 assembles the Sentra, while the CIVAC facility works on pickup trucks including the Frontier.
The chip shortage, which has hit automakers worldwide, emerges from a confluence of factors as automakers, which closed plants for two months during the coronavirus pandemic last year, rival against the sprawling consumer electronics industry for chip supplies. A factory fire suffered by Japanese chipmaker Renesas this year is also cited as a reason behind the chip shortage.
