L’automotive is experiencing a strong period of crisis as well as due to the pandemic also from the shortage of semiconductors, which forced many factories to stop their production. Microchips are essential for the energy transition and they have been missing for months now, with the automotive industry struggling more than expected.
The crisis is likely to do a lot of damage, as we have already seen from the sales trend in September, with the auto market which closed the month with a heavy drop of more than 30%. The shortage of semiconductors in fact creates heavy delays in the delivery of new cars, with expectations growing day by day.
Microchip crisis, car factories stopped, production stopped
This is becoming a serious problem, having started out as a simple production problem, it is now bearing inconvenience in the whole automotive industry that sees itself blocked.
Without microchip on assembly lines many companies have decided to stop production, with heavy effects on employment. The brands that have decided to temporarily close their factories are Stellantis, Ford, Toyota, Mercedes, Nissan and Tesla. In the last few days too Mazda has decided to stop some production lines in Japan.
The crisis could lead to a loss of ben 180 billion euros. Thrilling numbers that undermine the entire sector and the jobs already in danger with the transition from thermal to electric.
Microchip crisis workers in redundancy
The heavy toll of the crisis risks being borne by the workers. In Italy we have already had the examples of GKN of Campo Bisenzio and of Gianetti Ruote of Ceriano Laghetto, that overnight have their employees locked out.
In October also the factory Iveco of Suzzara, in the province of Mantua, he put in layoffs beyond 2,000 employees, including 1876 workers and 155 employees. Compared to the layoffs of GKN and other realities, the heavy vehicle factory used the instrument of ordinary layoffs, from 14 October to 22 October, with payment of 80% of the salary to the employee.
Without semiconductors it is not possible to complete the Bosch control units that are mounted on the Daily. To date, the Iveco factory counts well 3,000 incomplete vehicles which cannot be placed on the market, with layoffs and the stop of production that risk extending well beyond October 22, 2021.
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