Daimler Chrysler 4 week or more shut down...

mcbride

Veteran Expediter
Charter Member
NEW YORK (Reuters) - DaimlerChrysler's high inventory -- built up due to weakening demand -- has triggered a halt in production at several U.S. auto assembly plants, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.

Chrysler is planning to suspend production at the plants for as much as four weeks going over the Christmas holiday in a bid to get inventories to normal levels, the paper said, citing people familiar with the matter.

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This coupled with GM's slow down could be a cause of concern for expedite companies that do a lot of auto freight.

-mcbride-
--What goes around comes around--
 

x06col

Veteran Expediter
Charter Member
Retired Expediter
US Army
That should give the auto parts haulers a break over Christmas.
 

chuckwagon

Seasoned Expediter
Well isn't that even more bad news for us.

It has been slow enough as it is and now this!

Maybe some day some of these carriers will wake up and attempt to deversify and get more non-auto business.
 
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