Delicacy of supply chains laid bare by German factory fire

Posted on 14 May 2012 by The Manufacturer

A raft of supply chain risks were recently uncovered in the automotive industry after a single factory fire has threatened to curb world car production says Giles Searby, Partner at Hill Dickinson LLP.

Few headlines were made by the devastating fire at a small chemical plant in Marl, Germany at the end of March in which two workers tragically died. The plant was a leading producer of PA-12, a resin widely approved for use in the manufacture of, among other things, brake pipes, which are then supplied to…

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