A Scandinavian suppliers association is casting doubt on whether all of its members have been paid following the recent hiatus in Saab production that saw the Swedish automaker halt manufacture last week.
The Scandinavian Automotive Suppliers Association (FKG) says it has some sympathy with Saab but insists its members too are struggling in the current economic climate.
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“Saab claims it has paid everything, but I doubt that,” FKG managing director Sven-Ake Berglie told just-auto today (5 April) from China where he is leading a group of Scandinavian suppliers on a business trip. “In my opinion our suppliers are still owed that money according to my information.”
Yesterday (4 April) Berglie described the situation as “very uncertain” citing a number of his members who had not been fully paid or not paid at all.
“Suppliers cannot be a cash market to Saab – they have to get paid on time,” he said. “We are talking a lot of money, tens of millions of Swedish krone. The suppliers are also not in strong financial situation after the crisis and they need their money.”
Saab chairman Victor Muller described the disruption last week as a “small glitch” and was quoted as saying: “Saab is not on the verge of collapse.”
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By GlobalDataThe automaker also confirmed International Automotive Components (IAC) – one of the suppliers involved in the production dispute – had now come to an agreement and was delivering parts.
“We are disscussing with our suppliers, issues – some of those issues led to a production stop last week,” a Saab spokesman in Sweden told just-auto. “Our relations with suppliers is not something we discuss in public.
“There might be production stoppages as a result of the on-going discussions, but we are confident we will resolve it.”
