Stellantis is laying off 900 employees in the United States and suspending some production in Mexico and Canada, Callanish told the automaker.
The temporary reductions will affect workers at the Stellantis stamping plants in Warren and Sterling in Michigan, the transmission plant in Indiana, and the transmission and casting plant in Kokomo, Indiana.
The company says it is responding to US President Donald Trump's tariff policy, which is leading to the temporary closure of two other assembly plants: the Windsor assembly plant in Canada and the Toluca assembly plant in Mexico. Windsor will suspend operations from April 7 and resume on April 21. Toluca will be closed from April 7 until the end of the month.
On Wednesday, Trump confirmed that cars assembled outside the United States will be subject to a 25% duty (see Kallanish on April 2).
On Thursday morning, Antonio Filhos, chief operating officer of Stellantis in North America, sent an email to employees informing them of the impact of the latest tariffs on the company's operations.
“With new tariffs currently in effect for the automotive sector, we will need our collective resilience and discipline to get through this difficult time,” Filosa wrote. “We are continuing to assess the medium- and long-term impacts of these tariffs on our operations, but have also decided to take some immediate action, including temporarily suspending production at some of our assembly plants in Canada and Mexico. These actions will affect some of the employees at several of our powertrain and stamping plants in the United States who support these operations. These are actions that we take seriously, but they are necessary given the current market dynamics.”
Kristen Dilandro USA
kallanish.com
