Dec 1 (Reuters) - German car and truck makers are cutting working hours, extending normal year-end holidays and shutting down factories to slow output at a time of slumping demand.
Measures announced so far include:
FORD
Ford in Germany is reducing output by nearly 4 percent this year and cutting 500 part-time and temporary jobs, its head told German newspaper Die Welt
MAN
Shutting three German truck plants from Dec. 12 to Jan. 9 to clear out overtime accumulated by about 14,000 full-time staff. Normally it takes two weeks off for Christmas. It says it will probably apply this month for shorter working hours.
DAIMLER
Discussing cutting the work week to less than 30 hours for about 50,000 staff at four German plants from the start of January through April.
BMW
Suspended production at its factory in Leipzig for a week last month and is operating only one shift a day there. The company plans to cut 400 further temporary workers in Leipzig, in addition to previously announced plans to cut 8,100 full-time jobs around the world. It closed two other plants during Bavarian autumn holidays from Nov. 3 to 7.
VOLKSWAGEN
Considering suspending production at its main Wolfsburg plant from Dec. 18 to Jan. 11. Its luxury brand Audi is considering similar measures.
PORSCHE
Closed its main plant for one day in November and plans to shut for another seven days before end-January.
(Reporting by Michael Shields; Editing by Andrew Macdonald) (michael.shields@thomsonreuters.com, Reuters Messaging: michael.shields.reuters.com@reuters.net; +49 69 7565 1266))