Category: shortages

Traton Hit by Supply Chain Shortages, Expects Issues Into Next Year

September 22, 2021
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BERLIN—German truck maker Traton SE said on Wednesday that sales in September were particularly hard hit by a global shortage of chips and other car parts, and that the company expected the shortages to continue into next year. “Global supply chains are not only lacking chips but numerous other products … the situation is likely…

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From Zippers to Glass, Shortages of Basic Goods Hobble US Economy

September 14, 2021
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FLETCHER, N.C.—For Lauren Rash, it’s the little things that have snarled production at her tent factory here, like the many shades of black Velcro. Her company, Diamond Brand, just launched a new line of high-end wall tents called the Liminal, thick with vents and fasteners demanded by discerning campers. But that means using lots of…

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Toyota Cuts Production Target by 3 Percent on Parts and Chips Shortages

September 10, 2021
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TOKYO—Toyota Motor Corp. cut its annual production target by 300,000 vehicles on Friday as rising COVID-19 infections slowed output at parts factories in Vietnam and Malaysia, compounding a global shortage of auto chips. “It’s a combination of the coronavirus and semiconductors, but at the moment it is the coronavirus that is having the overwhelming impact,”…

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UK Supermarket Boss Says Shortages at Worst Level He Has Seen

August 25, 2021
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A leading supermarket boss has warned that current UK food shortages are at a “worse level” than he has ever seen. The food supply chain has been disrupted by a lack of lorry drivers, and by a shortage of labour in general. Steve Murrells, chief executive of the Co-operative Group, told the Times that they had…

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