FCA resumes production in Italy
FCA has announced production has resumed in Italy, under a range a health and safety measures.
More than 6,000 workers have returned at its Sevel plant in Atessa, with limited activities also planned at plants in Cassino, Pomigliano, Termoli and Mirafiori.
Safety measures include sanitisation of over 300,000 sqm of workshop floor, installation of around 130 dispensers of hand sanitiser, posting of information on prevention on 15 large billboards and 25 video monitors, distribution of over 6,000 informational brochures and 18,000 posters, installation of a dozen body temperature monitoring cameras at plant entrances and over 600 points equipped with disinfectant materials for employees to clean the equipment they use during their shift.
Pietro Gorlier, COO for FCA’s EMEA region, said: “The reopening of the Sevel plant, together with R&D activities and pre-series production of electric and hybrid models in Turin and Melfi, is the result of rigorous analysis and preparation carried out in collaboration with leading virologists and other experts and agreed with all trade unions. We have been working daily with the Italian government and local authorities to prepare for a return to production in Italy, while ensuring there is no compromise to the safety of anyone working at any of our production facilities or offices.”
All employees at the Sevel plant were given a personal kit containing surgical masks and gloves which will be replenished daily, as well as a pair of safety glasses to be worn when cleaning their individual workstation.
