BMW will continue working short hours in its German plants in the second half of this year, a company spokesman has said.
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Around 17,000 workers are expected to be affected by the move at the plants in Dingolfing, Munich, Berlin and Landshut, the spokesman told Reuters. In August, as usual, BMW would stop production for three to four weeks.
In September and October the programme to reduce working hours will be stopped in Dingolfing because of the production start of the new Gran Turismo vehicle but it will be resumed in November and December.
Sales of the group’s BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce cars fell 18.3% in May and for the first five months were down 21.1% to 487,906 vehicles.
