Baon said the plant has been operating with a four-day workweek, cutting all Friday shifts, since October 18.
Responding to a query by business daily Világgazdaság concerning the earlier-than-planned year-end shutdown, Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary said its workers are getting base pay and benefits for those days, too. As usual, reconstruction and maintenance work will be carried out during the period, the company added.
Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary told the paper it had taken into consideration the continuously changing situation regarding parts supply when planning the winter maintenance work and optimized the production plan appropriately.
Last year, the plant in Kecskemét turned out over 160,000 cars.
Carmakers in Hungary have been impacted by the global chip shortage and supply-chain interruptions this year.
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