PSA Peugeot Citroen is to suspend production at its Slovak assembly plant for 13 days over the next three months due to a drop in demand, local paper Hospodarske Noviny said on Monday.
The carmaker will halt operations for one day on 6 April, for six days in May and for six days in June, the Slovak daily cited PSA Peugeot Citroen Slovakia as saying, according to Reuters.
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PSA could not be reached for immediate comment.
The automaker told the newspaper it planned to use the downtime, expected to cut production by around 11,000 cars, for technology upgrades and to prepare for new projects at its site located in the western Slovak town of Trnava.
The factory, a joint venture with Toyota, produced 205,000 Peugeot 107, Citroen C1 and Toyota Aygo cars last year.
A Toyota Motor Europe spokeswoman said she had not been advised of the temporary shutdowns but expected the effect on Toyota would be minimal.
