A statement issued by the company’s press service said: “The absence of market growth prospects and the pressure of surplus vehicles among importers force us to take responsibility and take undesirable but necessary measures to reduce production, and announce the implementation of a work week reduced by one day, starting next August 1.” This decision will only affect production facilities and company departments that are not operating at full capacity.”

Last Tuesday, the Russian company AVTOVAZ also announced that it would consider converting the work week in its production facilities to four days, starting next September 29.

The Russian “Gorky” Automobile Factory also announced that it will change the work week in its facilities to “four working days” starting at the beginning of next August.

These companies attribute their decision to reduce production and weekly working hours to the decline in the automobile market in Russia during the first half of this year.

Source: Novosti