FCA and Maserati factories closed throughout Europe until March 27 due to the coronavirus emergency. The official announcement came on Monday 16 March through a note in which we read that FCA Italy and Maserati "will temporarily suspend production in most of their production plants in Europe".
After the decision of stop production for a few days to proceed with the sanitization of the environments in the plants of Pomigliano (March 11-16), Melfi and Sevel di Val di Sangro (March 12-14) and Cassino (March 12-13), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles takes a further step forward and announces a radical choice: stop everything. A choice that "is part of the implementation of a wide range of actions in response to the COVID-19 emergency and allows the group to respond effectively to the interruption of market demand, guaranteeing the optimization of the supply".
When demand rises again, FCA will restart production at its plants. In the meantime, the suspension period will be used to review the production processes.
For Italy, the Melfi, Pomigliano, Cassino, Mirafiori, Grugliasco and Modena plants will close. Shutters also closed in Kragujevac in Serbia and Tychy in Poland. On the other hand, the Italian factories that produce the engines will remain open in order to guarantee the supply of foreign plants.
We remember that Ferrari has also announced the closure of its plants in Maranello and Modena for two weeks. All employees - with the exception of workers who use agile and smart working tools and for employees who, on a rotational basis, guarantee business continuity - will abstain from work from Monday 16 March. The same decision was taken by another important Italian car manufacturer, Lamborghini which closed the Sant'Agata Bolognese plant until next March 25th.
