The FINANCIAL — According to RIA Novosti, Ford Russia resumed production on July 13 at the Vsevolozhsk plant in the country's northwest, while workers at General Motors started their summer holidays.
Ford's only plant in Russia which switched to a four-day working week in June suspended production for six days on July 1 amid falling demand for cars.
"The plant resumed work today," Ford Russia's PR director Yekaterina Kulinenko said.
However, the plant will shut down on July 20 for a three-week holiday.
Kulinenko earlier said production at Vsevolozhsk could be lowered further.
The Ford factory near Russia's second city of St. Petersburg, which produces Ford Focus and Mondeo models, also halted production for 10 business days from May 25 amid depressed global demand.
A spokesman for Ford Russia's trade union said on Monday the four-day working week which was initially to run through October 5 could be extended until February 5. One of three shifts could also be closed at the plant.
Employees at another auto factory located near St. Petersburg, GM-AvtoVAZ, started their summer holidays on Monday until July 26.
"Production was halted according to schedule and in line with the practice of taking a summer holiday period at the plant. The plant will resume work as usual from July 27," said a spokesman for GM-AvtoVAZ, which produces the Chevrolet Niva model.
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