On the night of Sunday, January 31, in the city of Mlada Boleslav, located 65 km from Prague, a major fire occurred in warehouses and production lines. The fire was extinguished by 100 firefighters and about 40 pieces of equipment; the damage exceeded one billion crowns (40 million euros). As Idnes notes, fortunately, there were no casualties, but due to the emergency, the production and warehouse of Grupo Antolin, which produces car door panel elements for Škoda Auto, was severely damaged.
It is unknown when the production of automotive components will be restored. According to preliminary estimates, this may take several months.
Consequences of the fire in Mlada Boleslav
Because of the incident, the Škoda Auto plant in the same city again had to mass produce incomplete cars, which it will store in parking lots. The company tried this approach last year due to a shortage of chips in production, when semi-finished cars were packaged in film and stored in rented space until the next batch of scarce components arrived. This time the same fate awaits the Octavia model.
It is noted that the problem concerns only production in Mladá Boleslav. Cars produced in Kvasiny will come off the assembly line fully functional.
Where are Škoda cars produced?
Let us add that the main production of Škoda Octavia for European markets is located in the Czech Republic. But in Ukraine, the current (fourth) generation is not produced, although large-knot (SKD) assembly of the Fabia, Karoq, Kodiaq and Superb models is organized at the Eurocar plant in Solomonovo.
