Stellantis to halt a plant in Italy due to chip shortage

Stellantis is set to temporarily halt operations at its major Melfi plant in southern Italy from next week due to shortages of various parts, including semiconductors, a union representative said on Wednesday.

The automaker confirmed the plant would stop operations from June 6-11 because of the chip shortage, a spokesman for the automaker told Reuters.

The new stoppage, which affects nearly all of Melfi’s over 7,000 workers, adds to a holiday period already scheduled for most of the automakers’ operations in the country starting on Thursday with Italy’s Republic Day.