Over 30 percent of the companies expect the global epidemic to hit their revenues, according to the Association of Automotive Parts Distributors and Producers (SDCM), which carried out a survey of several dozen companies.
The association said the coronavirus outbreak, which originated in China, has caused many automotive factories in that country to halt production.
That led to knock-on effects for plants around the world, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
Poland’s health minister announced on Wednesday that the first case of coronavirus infection has been confirmed in this country.
SDCM President Alfred Franke said that the average car has about 30,000 parts, which come from hundreds of suppliers.
He added: "All it takes is for one of them to be missing and the assembly plant has to stop the entire production line. It’s not without reason that the supply chain is said to be as strong as its weakest link.”
(pk/gs)
Source: PAP