News / 'Out of step' Covid restrictions disrupt cross-border auto supply chains

Reopened US car plants are struggling as Mexico's car parts factories are not reopening at the same speed © Vadim Kulikov

Some folks in Daimler’s supply chain organisation probably aren’t feeling great at the moment.

After five weeks in limbo, the company’s SUV manufacturing plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was one of the first auto facilities in the US to resume production, coming back online in late April – but the production line soon ground to a halt.

On Friday, Daimler had to shift into reverse as management informed workers they should use vacation time, or go without pay and file for unemployment benefits, ...