Chrysler has announced that it will idle four plants and a shift at a fifth plant due to a supplier issue. Plastech Engineered Products Inc. — a major U.S. plastic trim supplier — filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and have stopped shipping parts to Chrysler.
The interruption of supply forced Chrysler to idle its Belvidere, Newark, Sterling Heights and Toledo North production plants. Chrysler will also cut a second shift at its Toledo Supplier Park.
Together, the plants produce the Dodge Caliber, Durango, Nitro and Avenger, the Jeep Patriot , Liberty and Wrangler and the Chrysler Aspen and Sebring.
Plastech also supplies General Motors, Ford and Johnson Controls, but no other interruptions have been reported.
