Nissan stops production at UK factory over coronavirus impact

Nissan has temporarily halted production at Britain's biggest car factory as it faces supply-chain disruption and a drop in demand.
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Nissan has stopped output at Britain's biggest car factory due to the impact from coronavirus as it assesses supply-chain disruption and the drop in demand, the most significant closure to affect the country's auto sector so far from the outbreak.

Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port car factory in northern England is also due to close on Tuesday until March 27 as party of parent company Peugeot's plans to shut sites across the continent to handle the crisis.

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Nissan's Sunderland factory in north-eastern England made nearly 350,000 out of Britain's 1.3 million cars last year, producing the firm's Qashqai, Juke and LEAF models.

"Further measures are currently under study as we assess supply-chain disruption and the sudden drop in market demand caused by the COVID-19 emergency," the Japanese automaker said in a statement.

Local lawmaker Sharon Hodgson, from the opposition Labour Party, called on the government to do more to support people.

She wrote on Twitter: "40,000 people in and around my constituency rely on the plant for their livelihoods and I will do everything I can to secure them."

First Published Date: 18 Mar 2020, 09:52 AM IST
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