new delhi production at factories is grinding to a halt as fear and precautions against coronavirus pick up pace across the country top companies such as maruti suzuki hyundai samsung hero moto ford honda lg and havells announced factory closures till the end of this month the categories that will be impacted by the lockdown include cars suvs motorcycles scooters refrigerators acs washing machines and even mobile phones the companies said that a review will be conducted around the monthend to assess whether the lockdown needs to be carried forward or lifted progressively even industry bodies siam for auto companies and acma for parts makers asked companies to consider limitedperiod shutdowns advt the production closures come amid growing worry over the spread of the virus and fear that the cases of infected persons may be on the rise also with the centre and many state governments putting restrictions on the use of public trans port as well as movement of nonessential cargo the step was deemed as necessary maruti said the company has taken the decision upon an advisory issued by the haryana government samsung also said that its factory in noida will be shut down lg said its pune plant is shut till the end of the month while the greater noida factory will remain closed till march 25 with the safety and wellbeing of employees as top priority in view of the escalating covid19 situation hero motocorp has decided to halt operations at all its global manufacturing facilities india colombia and bangladesh and the global parts centre gpc at neemrana with immediate effect the countrys largest twowheeler maker said officials at companies say that with retail also being shut at most of the locations due to the closure of malls and shopping areas there is not much of a pressure to immediately have the production facilities up and running sources said that operations at factories of phone companies such as oppo and vivo are also being reviewed in view of the escalating concerns anil rai gupta chairman of havells said the company had been monitoring the situation for some time now and finally has decided to shut down its factories mercedes india had suspended the production on saturday by pankaj doval tnn published on mar 23 2020 at 0829 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app coronavirus impact maruti suzuki coronavirus in india consumer electronics hyundai consumer durables virus lockdown homenewsauto electronics white goods cos