Hyundai Halts Korea Output as Virus Causes Parts Shortage
- Plant closings spread beyond China as suppliers get affected
- Suspension comes as Hyundai is ramping up SUV, Sonata output
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Hyundai Motor Co. is halting production in South Korea this week because of a component shortage caused by the coronavirus, the first global automaker to suspend output outside China because of the outbreak.
The carmaker has been hit by a shortage of a wiring component made at a South Korean supplier’s plant in China, which has been halted after a worker was infected by the virus, Hyundai Motor’s labor union said. Production may resume from Feb. 11 or 12, a union spokesman said by phone Tuesday. A company spokesman confirmed the suspension without giving details.