Ford to Suspend Production on Friday at Mexico Plant on Materials Shortage

General view shows a part of a plant's facade after U.S. automaker suspended production for two days at the Mexico plant due to material shortage, in Hermosillo, Mexico on Oct. 11, 2021. Omar Gustavo Cordova/Reuters

MEXICO CITY—U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co. will temporarily suspend production on Friday at its Hermosillo plant in Mexico’s Sonora state due to a shortage of materials, the plant’s labor union said on Thursday.

Workers will be paid 75 percent of salaries on Friday, the union added.