Volkswagen China Shuts Two Plants in Tianjin Due to COVID-19 Outbreaks

Volkswagen China Shuts Two Plants in Tianjin Due to COVID-19 Outbreaks
A Volkswagen logo is pictured in a production line at the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, on March 1, 2019. Fabian Bimmer/Reuters
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BEIJING—Volkswagen Group’s China unit said on Thursday it has shut a plant it jointly runs with FAW Group in the city of Tianjin, as well as a component factory, due to recent COVID-19 outbreaks there.

“Due to the recent COVID-19 outbreaks both the FAW-VW vehicle plant and VW Automatic Transmission Tianjin component factory have been shut down since Monday,” a spokesperson told Reuters.