(This article was published on December 7, 2015) Chennai: The Chennai floods that have hit not only south Detroit but also most of the companies in the Oragadam-Irughatukottai-Malemalanagar region for most of the past week have now begun to hit automobile companies from around the world. Country. India. Chennai is a major automotive hub with a large number of auto parts suppliers. Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) on Sunday announced a one-day shutdown of production due to shortage of parts from suppliers in Chennai. Considering the situation in Chennai, the company is expected to decide on Monday whether to extend the shutdown. Mahindra Production at Mahindra and other companies declined due to irregular supply of parts from Chennai suppliers.

Raja, Senior Vice President and Director Marketing, TKM N, said: “We have around 500 Tier-1 suppliers and some Tier-2 suppliers in Chennai who have been affected by the floods. In addition, our dealers have also been affected due to heavy rains in Chennai. Our team is working hard to ensure that our vendors and supplier distributor partners continue to operate normally, “We continue to monitor and support the resumption of operations, but due to the severity of the situation, we have decided to close the factory for a day (Sunday) to recover the losses as soon as possible. customers,” he added.

Our spare parts center in Chennai supplies spare parts to automobile companies in and around Tamil Nadu. Many companies are in production trouble due to shortage of spare parts. Pawan Google, President, Automotive and Agriculture, MM Group, said, “We have not imposed any blockade but we have suffered production losses in the last two to three days and will continue to suffer losses in the future. However, we believe the losses will not affect sales.

But the good news is that some automobile factories in Chennai reopened after a 2-4 day shutdown on Sunday. For example, Renault-Nissan’s Oragadam plant, which opened on Sunday (Dec) 6, and its IT servers in Chennai, which were down for most of last week, are back to normal operations. Hyundai Motor Company’s Irgatukottai plant also operated on full shifts on Saturday and Sunday (December 5-6). A daily review of the situation.

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, which also has a plant in Oragadam, suspended operations for the second half of the year from Tuesday (December 1) to Sunday and will resume work from Monday (December 7).