For lack of tires, Renault paralyzed a plant

The lack of tires has led to the car manufacturers Renault and Nissan will stop part of their business at the Santa Isabel plant in Cordoba. The “parade” took place on Monday and will continue on Tuesday. The inconvenience concerned the production of vans and pick-ups, while it did not affect light or non-utility vehicles, as explained by the company.

The suspension of activities has reached 1,000 workers. According to the company, they don’t have wheels for trucks.

tire factories Fate, Brigestone and Pirelli complained for months because they lack products. This situation could be regularized tomorrow, according to the sector.

What happened to Renault could extend to other terminals, as commented in other car manufacturers.

Since March, the Central Bank has limited the supply of dollars in the single foreign exchange market (MULC). Tires are subject to the automatic licensing regime. From 2020, access to these tire licenses is increasingly limited.

The Central Bank asks tire manufacturers – and auto parts companies in general – to pay their suppliers within six months. But this requirement would not be accepted by manufacturers’ suppliers.

The prices of all raw materials used in car manufacturing have become more expensive after the post-Covid international reactivation. And rubber is one of them. The quantities of used cars in the United States have increased like never before, due to increased demand and the absence of parts, such as chips.

“You can’t do anything about the lack of supplies”, they specified in Renault. They estimate that on Wednesday they will resume production, from that day on they plan to bring the tires.

In April, Renault and Nissan announced the launch of a new truck model (Frontier), which will allow them to accommodate 550 employees. President Alberto Fernández participated in Cordoba, supported by the provincial authorities. The announced disbursement was $ 130 million and provided a second shift to produce that model.

Car manufacturers have a hard time finding parts or dollars to pay for them.

In late May, the Single Tire Union (Sutna) paralyzed the three tire factories in late May. The three tire factories are the multinationals Pirelli (with plant in Merlo), Bridgestone (Llavallol) and the local Fate (with plant in San Fernando). There was a disagreement on parity.