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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Japanese automaker Nissan (OTC:) will perform non permanent work stoppages at two Mexican crops for a number of days in October due to manufacturing changes wanted to handle a scarcity of semiconductor chips, its Mexico unit mentioned on Wednesday.
Nissan will halt operations at its plant 2 within the central state of Aguascalientes for 11 days in October, and its CIVAC plant in Morelos state might be halted for 8 days, the carmaker mentioned in emailed feedback to Reuters.
The stoppages come as automotive manufacturing in Brazil and Mexico, Latin America’s two largest economies, plunged in September, dragged down by an industry-wide semiconductor chip scarcity and railroad blockades in Mexico.
“We proceed to make changes to our manufacturing course of to attenuate the impression this has had on the automotive {industry} regionally and globally,” mentioned Nissan, including it was working to get well manufacturing and make good on supply of autos to distributors and clients.
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