Winter demand leads to national windscreen shortage

The high demand for replacement windscreens at the beginning of the year, following the UK's worst winter in 30 years, has led to a national shortage of windscreens, reports the automotive glazing services company Auto Windscreens.

Automotive glazing companies throughout the UK are struggling to get hold of parts leading to long delays for windscreen replacement for vehicle owners, particularly for owners of the Vauxhall Zafira, Astra and Vectra, VW Passat and Golf and Audi A4.

With only a handful of car glass manufacturers in the UK, Auto Windscreens has increased production by, more than 40% at its own windscreen factory in order to fill the gaps left by other suppliers. Production at Auto Windscreens factory has now increased to 600 windscreens a day.