Skoda is working with suppliers including PEKM Kabeltechnik to set up alternative production sites for cable harnesses outside Ukraine in an attempt to solve supply bottlenecks caused by the ongoing war
Skoda was forced to suspend production of the all-electric Enyaq iV for eight weeks from March 3 because of a shortage of cable harnesses resulting from the conflict in Ukraine.
In response, Skoda and its supplier PEKM Kabeltechnik relocated part of the cable harness production from Ukraine to Mladá Boleslav in the Czech Republic. The process took just five weeks. PEKM built the necessary production tools in assembly halls provided by Skoda and manufacturing was increased from April.
The new manufacturing sites are staffed by 35 women from the Ukrainian plant in Lviv, who are now training new employees. According to Skoda, harnesses for the Octavia, Kodiaq, Karoq and Superb model series will arrive “in the coming weeks” from the Mladá Boleslav site.
Skoda has also secured additional capacity from the company Kromberg & Schubert at the Moroccan plant in Kenitra, near Rabat. In addition, Kromberg & Schubert has been able to increase cable harnesses manufacturing capacity at its Ukrainian plant in Zhytomyr.
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