VW suffers a boycott of its suppliers that prevents him from finishing the Golf – Expansion MX

MEXICO CITY (Notimex) –

The automaker Volkswagen (VW), still not recovered from the blow suffered because of the scandal pollutant emissions, now embroiled in a dispute with two of its suppliers because they blocked the delivery of parts.

the new crisis of Volkswagen affects production in Germany and causes can not end with the production of any of the models Golf.

a provider, paid contractually, ended the delivery of parts to VW despite last week asked the German justice unsuccessfully preventive performance of the contract.

However, problems also come from elsewhere. On the one hand, a manufacturer of textile parts and leather and, on the other, a parts specialist gearboxes.

The boycott in providing officially due to a problem between Volkswagen and the Prevent group, the parent company of the two providers involved.

Volkswagen has achieved a victory with a court order. The provincial court of Brunswick has allowed confiscate important pieces missing, according to information from the German magazine “Der Spiegel”.

However, the ES Automobilguss supplier filed an objection to this ruling as the court .

According to the German business daily “Handelsblatt”, the costs of not being able to finish the cars could amount to an amount in million three digits

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a hearing is expected next August 31. Partners company threatened with fines of up to 250,000 euros for each case of default in delivery.

Another consequence of this strike the are suffering workers VW plant in the German town of Emden , since by the time thousands of workers have seen reduced their working hours and may be many jobs at risk

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the Emden plant has been the most affected by the boycott. However, the VW plant in Kassel has also had production problems due to lack of parts.

On the ground of Kassel they occur around half of all the mechanisms of the group.

If there failures occur, could jeopardize a chain reaction and soon could affect production in Wolfsburg and Zwickau.

Now the question is who should bear these costs in this common project. According to experts, the issue is somewhat complicated since emissions due to the scandal, VW has tried to maintain low costs and low prices knock those of its suppliers.