From 2019 on, three-cylinder gasoline engines are to be built in the factories in Tychy, Poland and in Szentgotthárd, Hungary. In Austria, gearbox production is being expanded.
The French carmaker PSA invests in several Opel plants outside Germany. So to be built from 2019 on in the factories Tychy (Poland) and Szentgotthárd (Hungary) three-cylinder gasoline engines, as the group announced on Wednesday. The Austrian company Aspern is investing to produce additional quantities of the MB6 manual transmission. The components are to be installed in vehicles of all PSA brands.
The PSA Group wants to build electric motors from next year in Trémery, France. For this purpose, a joint venture with the Japanese company Nidec had been agreed.
There was no news for the three German sites Rüsselsheim, Eisenach and Kaiserslautern. Here Opel CEO Michael Lohscheller referred to the ongoing negotiations works Council and IG Metall. He emphasized the will to invest in these locations and new ones there Products to settle. Prerequisite are competitive structures. Today’s decisions showed the great potential that exists in the integration Opels in the Groupe PSA plug. (AP)