Maruti Suzuki has announced that production at Suzuki Motor Gujarat (SMG) in Gujarat will be impacted this month. The production impact is a result of the semiconductor shortage situation globally, and the company will not carry out production on three Saturdays - August 7, 14, and 21, the company said in a regulatory filing. In addition, some of the production lines may see temporary reduction from two-shift to single shift operations.
Maruti Suzuki also said that "as the situation is dynamic and uncertain, the company will monitor and take a day-to-day decision on models, lines or shifts to optimize resources for maximum efficiency."
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Other OEMs also announced production cuts owing to the chip shortage
The Suzuki Motor Gujarat plant is located in the Hansalpur district, and owned by Suzuki Motor Company, Japan. It produces fully built cars including the Swift and the Baleno for domestic and export markets. This is for the first time that the Indian automaker has called out a production cut owing to the non-availability of chips.
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With the announcement, Maruti Suzuki joins the likes of Mahindra & Mahindra, Ford India and MG Motor India, who've had to take production cuts due to the chip shortage. Globally too, Jaguar Land Rover announced a production loss of 100,000 units between April and September this year due to the chip shortage.
