by Anna Ringstrom and Marie Mannes
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Volvo Cars, whose majority shareholder is Chinese group Geely, will halt production at its Ghent plant in Belgium for three days next week due to delays caused by tensions in the Red Sea, the company said. company Friday.
A delivery of gearboxes has been delayed, a spokesperson for the Swedish carmaker said, the second company after Tesla to announce a production halt due to ship attacks in the Red Sea.
Car deliveries, production targets and the plant in Gothenburg, Sweden, will not be affected by the pause, the spokesperson said.
(Anna Ringstrom report, French version Corentin Chappron, edited by Sophie Louet)
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