Carmakers have found a way to bypass the internal battle at Dutch chipmaker Nexperia to get the vital components flowing again to avoid a global shutdown of automotive plants.
The European and Chinese arms of the company are locked in a fight for control, with a dramatic drop in output of semiconductors that led to auto production lines slowing. The dispute has continued to affect car manufacturing, with Japan’s Honda extending a production halt at its plants in China due to a chip shortage.
Nexperia makes wafers in Hamburg that are then sent to China for assembly into semiconductors and shipped back to customers in Europe and elsewhere.