Automakers working to restart manufacturing in China amid the coronavirus outbreak are attempting to forestall operations elsewhere from being affected by provide shortages.

Normal Motors confirmed Friday it’s carefully monitoring the provision chain for its extremely worthwhile truck manufacturing in North America, spokesman David Barnas mentioned in an emailed assertion. He added that the automaker “doesn’t anticipate any affect on full-size truck manufacturing right now.”

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Terry Valenzuela, president of a United Auto Employees chapter in Texas that produces GM’s full-size SUVs, advised CNBC on Friday it is doable that manufacturing there might be disrupted on account of provide points.

The feedback comply with a report by The Detroit Bureau, an internet trade information web site, that union leaders in Flint, Michigan, warned of potential components shortages at their plant in addition to the SUV plant in Texas and one other truck plant in Indiana as a result of coronavirus. A social media submit, which seems to have been taken down, reportedly mentioned the components scarcity, together with decal purposes, may start as early as this month with wider affect occurring if the problems progress into March.

“We proceed to watch our provide chain and are in shut communications with our Tier One suppliers to try to mitigate dangers to manufacturing in North America,” Barnas mentioned.

Autos that might be impacted if the vegetation had been to be idled embody the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup vans and Chevrolet Tahoe, Chevrolet Suburban, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade SUVs. 

GM on Friday additionally confirmed plans to halt manufacturing at an meeting plant in South Korea subsequent week for 2 days on account of provide points on account of China’s manufacturing shutdown. The corporate mentioned it’s going to proceed with beforehand introduced plans to start out reopening its 15 meeting vegetation within the nation over a two-week interval beginning Saturday.

GM joins different automakers similar to Nissan Motor, Hyundai Motor/Kia Motors and Fiat Chrysler in having to close down operations in different nations on account of supply-chain points similar to a scarcity of components.

Fiat Chrysler confirmed Friday it plans to halt operations at its manufacturing unit in Serbia on account of a scarcity of components from China due to the coronavirus. The stoppage, which was first reported by Bloomberg, marks the primary time an automaker has needed to idle a facility in Europe as a result of virus.

“We’re within the technique of securing future provide of these affected components and manufacturing might be restarted later this month,” the corporate mentioned in an emailed assertion. “We don’t anticipate this variation in scheduling to affect the whole manufacturing forecasted for the month.”

A spokesman for Fiat Chrysler declined to supply further particulars concerning the shutdown or the corporate’s operations in China however mentioned the corporate continues to watch the state of affairs. Fiat Chrysler’s Kragujevac plant in Serbia produces the Fiat 500L, a slow-selling car in the USA.

Ford Motor confirmed Friday it’s attempting to organize and ramp up operations at its vegetation in China. The corporate on a tiered schedule began reopening its handful of meeting vegetation within the nation originally of this week.

Ford spokesman Anderson Chan mentioned Friday that no operations outdoors of China have been impacted by the COVID-19 virus or any supply-chain disruptions.

“Presently, our vegetation outdoors of China are working as deliberate,” Chan wrote in an e-mail. “We’re monitoring the state of affairs very carefully.”

Ford’s nonproduction staff in China, in line with Chan, have been instructed to proceed to make money working from home till Feb. 24 to cut back the danger of an infection.

Honda Motor mentioned Friday its employees in China are anticipated to return to work on Feb. 24, adopted by manufacturing restarting at its vegetation in Wuhan on Feb. 21 — eight days later than beforehand anticipated.

Different automakers similar to Nissan and Toyota Motor had been anticipated to reopen or put together to restart factories this week and subsequent. Spokespeople with the businesses didn’t have any adjustments to announce to these plans as of Friday.