The battle being fought by Saab Automobile and its parent company, Swedish Automobile N.V., seems to be never-ending. Production at their Trollhättan, Sweden plant has still yet to restart since its halt a few months prior. An agreement with Saab’s parts suppliers is being worked on, but for the time being full production might not happen as soon as expected. Not too long ago, Swedish Automobile N.V. was looking to restart Trollhättan by August 9 but has announced that they will have to postpone until a latter date still not determined.
“I am positive about the progress we made on the payment terms with our suppliers and it is good to see that we all want to make it work,” said Gunnar Brunius, Vice President of Production and Purchasing for Swedish Automobile N.V. Brunius went on to say that there are close to 11,000 Saab vehicles on back order for Trollhättan. Despite that, Saab is fighting hard to obtain the further short funding from outside parties needed to restart and return to glory.
Read the full press release below.
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Zeewolde, The Netherlands – Swedish Automobile N.V. (Swan) announces that Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile) continues discussions with its supplier base on material supply and delivery terms in order to be able to resume production at its Trollhättan plant. Swan and Saab Automobile continue their discussions with parties to obtain further short-term funding to be able to restart and sustain production. As delivery of all parts needed to secure a production start is not yet agreed production will not resume on August 9 as intended and will be postponed until a full commitment on delivery plans can be secured.
Gunnar Brunius, Vice President of Production and Purchasing said: “I am positive about the progress we made on the payment terms with our suppliers and it is good to see that we all want to make it work. What we need now is a full commitment on supply of parts into our factory to be able to restart production and secure a stable manufacturing operation. We are now working hard with our suppliers to nail down these plans, commit to a delivery schedule and start building the close to 11,000 cars that we currently have in our order books. The industry-wide summer break at our suppliers caused certain key suppliers not to be able to supply us in time. Saab Automobile hopes to restart production earliest in week 35 provided that it is able to commit to a delivery schedule with its suppliers.”
