China’s factory has just resumed production, FCA announced “blockade” of European factories!
Novel coronavirus spread in northern Italy in February 24th, according to the European auto news. The Chrysler Group (FCA) will “block” its European factories and restrict the entry and exit of people from key epidemic areas.
Novel coronavirus spread in northern Italy in February 24th, according to the European auto news. The Chrysler Group (FCA) will “block” its European factories and restrict the entry and exit of people from key epidemic areas.
At present, Italy is the most serious epidemic in Europe. Novel coronavirus pneumonia caused 6 deaths in Italy, with 229 cases diagnosed and 13 city in Italy, according to a 24 day news released by the Civil Defense Department. Novel coronavirus pneumonia in Italy is only 3 cases confirmed before February 21st.
Among them, Lombardy and Veneto, located in northern Italy, are currently the most serious areas of the epidemic in Italy. In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the Italian government has taken similar measures as the Chinese government since last Friday (February 21), blocking 12 cities and towns including cordonio.
The European headquarters of FCA is located in Turin, the administrative center of Piedmont region, where there have been three cases of coronavirus infection. In a letter to suppliers and visitors, FCA said that anyone from the 13 affected cities was not allowed to enter all of its European factories. The FCA also said that it would ban anyone who has been to China or other Asian countries in the past 15 days, and that people who have direct or indirect contact with people who may be infected with the new coronavirus will not be allowed to enter its European factories.
A FCA spokesman confirmed the news, but said FCA has no factories in the blockaded areas, so the company’s Italian plants are still operating as usual. “Every effort will be made to remain operational and preventive measures will be taken to avoid the spread of infection.” FCA’s headquarters in Turin said. In the past week, FCA has just resumed production in the Chinese factory.
Among them, GAC FICO Guangzhou factory officially resumed production on February 17, and GAC FICO Changsha factory began to resume production orderly on February 19. The two factories have been “suspended” for nearly a month due to the epidemic. The novel coronavirus factory, which was partially unable to start operation, was announced in February 14th. The factory in Serbia, FCA, announced that it had temporarily stopped production due to shortage of components. This is the first time European manufacturers have to stop production to cope with the new coronavirus epidemic.
However, a Fiat spokesman said the company’s North American business was not affected. Not only FCA, but Italdesign, a famous Italian design company, closed two factories in Turin because of the outbreak, because an employee tested positive for the virus. The company said it was working to identify people who had contact with affected employees. Meanwhile, the company’s headquarters in Moncalieri, a Turin suburb, has been closed.
Italdesign is an Italian automobile design and engineering company. It was founded in 1968 and headquartered in Turin. It has designed automobile products for many European and Asian automobile factories, including Volkswagen, BMW, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lamborghini, Toyota, Hyundai, etc. In 2010, Volkswagen acquired the company from legendary designer giorgetto Giugiaro, which is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. Italdesign has 928 employees in Italy, most of whom work in monkaleri, and about 100 others work in the nicherino plant.
Affected by the spread of the epidemic, European and American stock markets fell collectively, of which the Italian stock market, which was most affected by the epidemic, has fallen by more than 5% so far.