German chipmaker Infineon calls for rethink of auto supply chain

Executive urges carmakers to build chip reserves as shortage may last through 2022

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Infineon Chief Marketing Officer Helmut Gassel says the chip crunch could last through the end of next year.

AKITO TANAKA, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

SINGAPORE -- German chip giant Infineon Technologies is urging automakers to rethink their "just-in-time" supply chain strategy and instead start building up stockpiles of semiconductors as the global shortage of the key components drags on.

The company, a leading provider of auto-related chips, predicts the chip crunch could last through the end of next year, Helmut Gassel, Chief Marketing Officer and a member of the Management Board of Infineon, told Nikkei Asia.

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