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Based on data for the first nine months of the year, FIM-CISL
estimates Stellantis, the owner of brands including Fiat, will
produce fewer than 650,000 vehicles by the end of the year in
its Italian plants, down from 673,574 in 2021.
That would mean a shortfall of around 200,000 units compared to
potential generated by orders already booked, the union said in
its quarterly report on Stellantis production in the country.
Ferdinando Uliano, FIM-CISL head for automotive, said the chip
shortage was the main reason for the production drop but
problems were also occurring with other parts, without giving
further details.
The chip problem "will also affect 2023," Uliano said,
presenting the report.
"The war in Ukraine, the halt to Russian gas supplies ... can
only further worsen the problem of the procurement and costs of
raw materials," he added.
A total of 235 working days were lost between January and
September due to production stoppages according to the report.
"We have not yet recovered to pre-pandemic levels," Uliano said.
In the first nine months of 2022 Stellantis production in Italy
fell 2.4% year on year to 515,380 vehicles, FIM-CISL said. That
was a slightly smaller drop than in the first half, when
disruptions in the transport industry also hit output.
Production of light commercial vehicles at Stellantis' Sevel
plant in central Italy - Europe's largest van assembly facility
- fell 27.5% year on year.
Car production, however, rose 14.1% in the same period, helped
by the new Alfa Romeo Tonale and Maserati Grecale models,
production of which started in the Pomigliano and Cassino plants
at the end of the second quarter.
(Reporting by Giulio Piovaccari; Editing by Keith Weir)
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