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Renault-Sofasa suspends operations due to road blockages

The company reported that it suffers from a shortage of parts and that, therefore, it is forced to advance the collective vacations until June 7.

The assembler Renault-Sofasa, a company with more than 50 years of presence in Colombia, reported that it was forced to advance the collective vacations due to the blockades that have affected its logistics operation.

The mobility restrictions have prevented the company's national suppliers from resuming their activities, generating a shortage of parts and consequently a temporary stoppage of its production line that completes more than 16 days.

For this reason, the company explained that “taking into account the lack of visibility regarding the solution of mobility problems and supplies within the country, with a great sense of responsibility and with the firm purpose of protecting lives, people, jobs and our chain of value, we made the decision to advance collective vacations for a large part of the company's personnel, including our production plant ”.

The vacation period will be between May 31 and June 7, 2021 and, "trusting in the normalization of the national logistics operation, the restart of operation is scheduled for June 8," added Renault-Sofasa.

Likewise, the company says that it trusts that the institutional reaction of the Government to the blockades that arise, and the communication channels open with all social actors, will allow the country's productive and economic activity to be normalized.

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