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    Auto Production Improving Despite Ongoing Chip, Labor Hurdles

    Written by David Schollaert


    Though supply-chain bottlenecks, semiconductor scarcity and labor issues have improved for North American automakers, experts anticipate pockets of disruption lingering for much of H1 2022.

    AutoAssembly2Stellantis – Chrysler’s European parent company – said the automaker’s assembly plants in Belvidere, Ill., and Toluca, Mexico, are back up and running after recent downtime. Yet, its assemblies in Brampton and Windsor, Ontario, and Saltillo, Mexico, remain down.

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