The future Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining, Fernanda Cardona, warned of other potential conflicts.
“There are other types of industry that are also in trouble, dairy, chemical”. “They have already sent us situations of concern”, she said.
Yazaki’s withdrawal joins those of other foreign companies that, with similar arguments, have decided to stop producing in Uruguay.
In May last year, Fanacif – owned by Brazilian Frasle Mobility – announced the cessation of its operations.
Under arguments such as Yazaki, the company decided to transfer the production of brake system components to Brazil.
“They become importers; the logic is to make money”, stated the president of the metallurgical union, Danilo Dárdano.
Earlier the management of Fábricas Nacionales de Cerveza, which bottles and distributes foreign beverages, announced the closure of its plant in Minas, capital of the department of Lavalleja, which did not materialize after negotiations and concessions.
By then Gloria Foods, of the Gloria Group of Peru, canceled its dairy production in Uruguay and communicated the dismissal to its employees via WhatsApp.
Local dairy unions described the closure as “a lack of respect for Uruguay”.
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