Worldwide, car manufacturers have to pause production every once in a while due to the chip shortage and VDL Nedcar is also going for the ax again. The Dutch car factory has stopped building BMWs and Minis for the second time in a short time.
Production at VDL Nedcar has been shut down since Monday. Production will resume on Thursday and Friday, a spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday NU.nl after reporting by It financial newspaper (FD). VDL Nedcar opened a week later than planned last month after the three-week summer closure, but work has now come to a halt again.
“We always look a week ahead and are in close contact with BMW for this,” says a spokesperson NU.nl. BMW Group has Minis and the BMW X1 made in Limburg and VDL Nedcar is therefore dependent on the deliveries of the German company. This week the factory in Born will be closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Whether production problems are also expected next week, the spokesperson could not say yet.