Volkswagen stepped on the brake | He suspended all his pers …

German carmaker Volkswagen will completely suspend its activities for eight business days in May at the Pacheco plant. The measure fits into a program that the company plans to apply throughout the year to cope with declining production and sales. There were also rumors of downsizing in the factory, which Volskwagen refuted, although it was not officially.

According to the latest sectoral data, automotive production in March was 29,227 vehicles, down 10.5% from February and 41.1% year-on-year. former. In the first quarter, production decreased by 30.7%. This result is explained both by the decline in sales to resellers on the local market (-56.8% accumulated in three months) and by exports (-16.4%). According to Indec, the use of installed capacity in the automotive sector is 42%.

On the part of Volkswagen, it confirms that in May, the activities of the Pacheco plant are suspended for eight days. Suspensions are commonplace in the industry, with all companies adopting this type of workload reduction for months on a mbadive scale. In the case of VW, a rumor also circulates about the layoffs, which, for the moment, was solely responsible for the unofficial refutation.

In the spare parts sector, there are versions on the shrinkage of the German company in order to put an end to the suspension policy and to badume more permanently the reduction of the internal market in order to continue with a guideline emanating from of the parent company. "Although there are enough people in the facilities sector to meet current levels of production, I do not think the union will allow them to apply mbadive layoffs," they commented in a statement. other terminal company.