The fire at the supplier Pelzer has not only consequences for Mercedes:
Audi has to adjust the production of A4 and A5 for several days.
Up to and including Thursday, no cars of the A4 and A5 series will be built
at the Audi factory in Ingolstadt. At a supplier in North
Rhine-Westphalia it burned last week, so he can not deliver in time. As
the manufacturer communicated, 1400 cars per day can not be built. At
first the "Donaukurier" had reported on this.
The employees, who normally work in the production of A4 and A5, have free,
up to and including Thursday. There will be no financial losses for
them, the failure will be intercepted by an employment
agreement. According to the news agency Reuters, 8500 of the roughly
43,000 employees in Ingolstadt are affected. Production of the A4 and
A5 in Neckarsulm continues as normal.
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| Production of the A4 at the Ingolstadt plant. (Photo: Audi) |
Friday is to go on
The supplier HP Pelzer from Witten will relocate its production to a
different location, from Thursday onwards the delivery will work again
smoothly. HP Pelzer supplies the so-called front wall insulation for
the two models for Audi. The end wall is the partition between the
engine compartment and the passenger compartment, whose insulation should
ensure that the passengers are not disturbed by too loud engine noise and
too much heat. (Dpa / swi)
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