BERLIN — Volkswagen is reducing work hours for employees at the automaker’s main plant in Wolfsburg for three weeks in September due to a parts shortage caused by recent floods in Slovenia, a spokesperson for the company said on Monday.
The spokesman said that the short-time work measures would be in place from Sept. 11-29.
In addition, there would be isolated shift cancellations at VW‘s plant in Emden in northern Germany, the spokesman added.
Flooding in Slovenia had paralyzed the production of gear rims at a subcontractor, affecting vehicle manufacturing, according to the spokesman.
A shortage of parts from a Slovenian supplier has also led VW to suspend production at its factory in Portugal for nine weeks, between Sept. 11 and Nov. 12, the workers’ commission said last week.
The automaker had warned last month that it would suffer production interruptions at some plants due to the floods in Slovenia disrupting supply chains.