BMW to halt production at Rosslyn plant
The Pretoria factory, and one in China, will be added to temporary closures at the Leipzig and Munich plants, due to delivery delays from an Italian parts supplier
Frankfurt — BMW is set to extend production halts in Germany to China and SA on Monday as the luxury-car maker grapples with a shortage of steering parts. Production at the factories in Shenyang and Rosslyn is likely to stop for a day, while its plant in Leipzig, Germany, is expected to be partially shuttered, spokesman Michael Rebstock said. The Leipzig site has been closed since Friday, and another facility in Munich was affected last week as an unidentified Italian car-parts supplier has been unable to make the required deliveries, magazine Focus reported earlier Sunday. BMW’s profitability dropped in the first quarter, as an ageing production lineup led the company to offer incentives to accelerate sales. The Munich-based car maker delivered 5.2% more cars in the first quarter than a year earlier, compared with a 16% jump at Mercedes, which last year outsold its luxury brand rival for the first time in a decade. "We can’t say at this point when the production halts will be over,...
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