Less Paint, New Issues World Automotive

Paint manufacturer Merck asserted that its plant in Onahama have ceased production.

Global automotive industry continue to be affected by the tsunami and that hit Japan, 11 March. After the quake which hit the country's northeast, supply chain components and spare parts stopped. As a result the global automotive industry failed to produce hundreds of thousands of vehicles until the end of this month.

Bad news came back after the paint pigment manufacturer vehicle near a nuclear power plant damaged in Fukushima, stopped production. Some vehicle manufacturers also threatened shortage of paint.

Page Detroit News, Tuesday, March 29, 2011, said that Chrysler Group dealers ordered to restrict the sale in 10 colors, including consumers' favorite colors.

Ford Motor Co. also warned dealers to stop the vehicle ordering black tuxedo and red. Toyota Motor Corp. reportedly Xirallic lack pigment, which gives better color quality and shiny.

German pigment manufacturer, Merck Group, asserts that in Onahama Xirallic factory had stopped producing due to be in the area contaminated by nuclear radiation Fukushima.

Gangolf Schrimpf, spokesman for Merck, said that the workers-employees can not enter the factory. "The possibility of this situation will continue until eight weeks," he said.

However, Chrysler and Ford said the lack of paint will not affect the level of vehicle production. "We anticipate to advise customers not to order a certain color does not," said Chrysler spokeswoman Katie Hepler.

Some car manufacturers are now struggling to meet their supply of component parts. Because, in the production, most car companies do not know the origin of components, amounting to 20-30 thousand species on each vehicle.