Vestas factories in Spain return to work after two-week shutdown

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CPH:VWS) said over the weekend it will resume production at two of its factories in Spain after Easter, according to multiple local reports.

The facilities, along with other non-essential businesses in Spain, were subject to the government's strict two-week lockdown aimed at slowing down the spread of the coronavirus disease COVID-19.

Spanish daily El Economista reported that the return to the Vestas blade factory in Daimiel and the generator manufacturing facility in Viveiro will be accompanied by all extraordinary prevention measures that had been implemented at both workplaces when the health crisis started.

In mid-March, production at the blade factory in Daimiel came to a near-halt for four days after workers complained over the lack of proper hygiene and other preventive measures against the contagion. The issue was resolved when Vestas enacted a stronger health protection protocol.

The two-week paralysis of regular activity ended on April 9, just in time for Good Friday.

While Spain's state of emergency remains in place and its original bans still apply, workers from the non-essential sectors have been allowed to return to their workplace on Monday.

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