Why the factory may not build your new car on time

[daveismissing]

..... Evonik Industries' plant in Germany was responsible for a good chunk of the world's supply - one estimate put it between a quarter and a half......


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17769466

[TexasT]

Glad I'm not into buying new vehicles. Too bad that fire threw a "spanner" into the works. Sux to put all the proverbial eggs in one basket. Beancounters obviously didn't have a contingency plan.

[SuperSix]

same thing happened in the hard drive industry late last year when Thailand flooded.

Key component suppliers were crippled - tripled storage pricing, it's still not recovered.

So much for globalization.