dopo svariati marchi asiatici e jap che sostanzialmente si ritirano da mercati UE...STOCKHOLM -- Swedish carmaker Saab halted production anew on Tuesday due to parts shortages after failing to pay suppliers and said it expects more interruptions.
The company, which stopped production for three days last week, is aiming to sell 80,000 vehicles this year and 120,000 next year compared with about 30,000 in 2010.
Saab's Dutch owner Spyker is seeking to boost its finances by getting a former shareholder, Russian Vladimir Antonov, back on board.
Some analysts have questioned whether the firm can survive in the long term.
Spyker, which bought the money-losing Swedish firm from General Motors Co. last year, says Saab has had a liquidity squeeze.
"Production is stopped right now. It was stopped this morning," said Gunilla Gustavs, spokeswoman for Saab. "We are working intensively to make sure the flow gets going again. We are having discussions with suppliers and doing our best to come to mutual agreements."
She declined to say how long the production stoppage would last.
Unpaid bills
Spyker CEO and Saab Chairman Victor Muller told ANP-Reuters the company expected to have more production line interruptions.
"This is an ongoing thing. It will take some time to get everyone back in line properly. We will get it under control."
The organization representing companies which supply Saab said four or five of the biggest stopped deliveries because of unpaid invoices.
"They (Saab) cannot pay their bills," Svenake Berglie, CEO of the FKG suppliers' sector organization, told Reuters. "Saab must sort out its financing."
Norway's Raufoss said it was owed significant amounts and was awaiting a decision from Saab before sending its next delivery due on Thursday.
"This is a major problem for Saab when we and many other suppliers are holding back due to the uncertainty," said Raufoss director Leif Bronken.
Financial savior?
Antonov has applied to the Swedish Debt Office to take a stake in Saab, which is expected to be just under 30 percent.
Antonov, who owns banks in Lithuania and Latvia, used to have a 29.9 percent stake in Spyker, a maker of supercars, but had to sell it, at GM's insistence, before Spyker could buy Saab. Media reported at the time that Antonov had links to organized crime.
Antonov has said he has cleared his name and that GM has now agreed he can resume as a shareholder. Sweden, which guaranteed a 400 million euro EIB loan to Saab, must also approve a shareholder change.
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dopo la chiusura di Rover, Hummer, e ancora, dopo la cessione di marchi come Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Martin e la stessa Saab da gruppi come Ford e GM...
ecco che ancora si torna a parlare di Saab...
...giusto per capire meglio come sta chi fa numeri anche piu elevati di Lancia nel mondo...
pur avendo appena ricevuto nuovi investimenti, proprieta e piani industriali....
