Agreement with unions
PSA invests in Opel plant in Luton
Starting next year, light commercial vehicles will be built on a PSA platform at Vauxhall’s British sister company’s factory.
The PSA Group continues its investment offensive in Opel plants outside Germany. From 2019, the British sister brand Vauxhall should be lightweight in the Luton plant commercial vehicles to be built on a PSA platform, like Opel announced on Wednesday. This was preceded by an agreement with the labor union Unite on a plan to increase competitiveness.
Opel boss Michael Lohscheller wrote in a message to the Employee from a milestone for the future of the work. “I am confident that we will come to a good solution in Germany, where negotiations are still ongoing.” To the amount of investment in the next generation of Vivaro in Luton Opel made no statements. Also on the details of the agreement with the social partners, the Rüsselsheim manufacturer expressed on demand not.
Lohscheller emphasized in the Employees’ Embassy, which is the German Press Agency, is: All locations must be competitive, in other European countries, there are already such agreements. “There should be no doubt as to our intention to invest in the German factories in order to create new ones Products However, this requires competitive structures.
In Germany, negotiations are ongoing works Council and IG Metall still. PSA boss Carlos Tavares has since takeover Last August investments were always made dependent on a better cost situation at the respective sites. The permanently-deficit carmaker Opel is scheduled to return to operation in 2020 profit do. (AP)