The largest factory in the metropolitan area of Valencia, the Ford complex in Almussafesrecovers activity next week. Although it will do so in a limited way, at half throttle and with an Erte of force majeure for a good part of its staffis a symbol of one of the driving industries of the province for trying to regain the economic pulse after the DANA catastrophe.
The management of the Spanish subsidiary of Ford has informed UGT, the majority unionthat Next Monday its engine plant will return to activity starting at 6 in the morning and? On Wednesday, the vehicle assembly and assembly facilities will do the same.which represent the most important part of the automotive complex.
In addition, to prepare the start-up of the lines in which the model is currently manufactured kuga The company will also hire some workers starting Monday who will be in charge of getting the equipment ready.
Yes indeed, The return of production at the Valencian car factory will be far from its usual levelsas will the staff that will work during the next week, mainly due to the road access problems that a good part of the metropolitan area of the Valencian capital still suffers.
Thus, Ford Almussafes plans to operate next week on those lines only in one of his two shifts, tomorrow’sand will contact the workers to find out their availability and if they have the possibility of reaching the plant, for which it also resumes part of its bus routes.
Uncertainty in the auxiliary industry
According to UGT, the intention is to be able to recover the usual two shifts in the coming weeks, although the activity is also conditioned by the situation of many of its suppliers. Sector sources explain that both The multinational plant and the Juan Carlos I supplier park have not been directly damaged, but some of its component manufacturers located in towns such as Ribarroja, Massanassa, Albal, Alfafar, Picanya or Silla have suffered extensive damage and the losses of equipment and material can add up to hundreds of millions of euros, in addition to not allowing a date to be set for the return to activity.
Precisely the Automotive and Mobility Cluster of the Valencian Community (AVIA) yesterday he conveyed to the Minister of Economy, Carlos Body, that companies in the sector are seriously affected and that it is necessary for aid to arrive “immediately” so as not to lose the path of reindustrialization.
For those responsible, “it is essential that automotive supplier companies recover activity as soon as possible and that aid for reconstruction arrives immediately so that the Valencian industry does not lose competitiveness.” “It is a very competitive sector and we cannot lose the level that has cost Valencian companies so much work to achieve.”
Its president, Francisco Segura, transferred to the Minister of Economy that the sectordue to its global nature, may be affected in other parts of Spain. Precisely for this reason, the rest of the Spanish automotive clusters have provided all their support to both the entity and the companies.
The sector estimates the losses of Valencian companies at “hundreds of millions of euros.” The damage affects, as the companies have reported to AVIA, both complete facilities, infrastructure, floors, electrical and computer installations, equipment, entire production lines, raw materials, machinery, tools, parts and components in stock.
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