Michelin Halts Silvania Zalau Production

Michelin’s 1,300 staff at the company’s Silvania Zalau plant in Romania will take 18 days enforced leave in March due to lack of orders. Michelin usually produces 600,000 tyres annually at Silvania Zalau, but worldwide financial turmoil has led to a drop in demand, necessitating a drop in that number. The French giant will keep its other two Romanian sites (Romsteel Cord and Victoria Floresti) running, though both will close on Sundays.

Michelin closed all three facilities early on 12 December for an extended Christmas break last year, reopening on 6 January, 2009.