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Daimler will put up to 18,500 workers on short-time work due to chip shortage

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Mercedes C-Class production at Bremen, the lead global production location for the sedan, the automaker's best-selling model. (DAIMLER)
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April 21, 2021 12:48 PM

Daimler will put up to 18,500 Mercedes-Benz workers in Germany on short-time work due to a global shortage of chips.

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