Overview
- Production at the Balaídos plant stopped during the morning of Thursday after the site lost access to key IT applications and its internet link, forcing lines to stand idle.
- Stellantis formed a gabinete de crisis led by José Luis Alonso Mosquera while the company and the internet provider worked to identify the technical cause and restore service.
- The outage left office and engineering systems unusable, prompted some staff to use mobile phones as hotspots, and temporarily halted just-in-time supplier deliveries to the factory.
- The stoppage cost the plant roughly 100 assembled vehicles per hour and, after service was restored in the afternoon, the company reported a loss of about 550 vehicles overall.
- The episode highlights how Industry 4.0 tools and a just-in-time model raise operational risk at Balaídos and may prompt reviews of connectivity redundancy and supply-chain safeguards, recalling a full-site halt during Spain’s April 28, 2025 power blackout.