Secret Truck Routes and Backup Storage: One Company’s Brexit Crisis Plan
Like hundreds of other companies in Britain, a German machine-tools maker prepared an emergency plan, but now wonders whether to trigger it
With fewer than 100 days before the U.K. is set to leave the European Union, companies on both sides are preparing for the possibility of a "no-deal" scenario, which could leave goods stuck in ports in the U.K and the EU. Photo: Reuters
REDDITCH, England—Matthias Meyer’s emergency Brexit plan—from a secret truck route to extra storage space and pre-booked ferry transportation—has been ready for months.
But for the U.K. head of German machine-tool maker Heller Maschinenfabrik GmbH, the tricky question is when, or even if, he should trigger a plan that rests on many political unknowns.
“It...