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Opel said at the weekend that it is setting a new course to make production in Europe even more efficient as the Rüsselsheim-based carmaker revealed that the successor of the extremely successful Mokka X SUV will be made in Eisenach by 2019 even as it disclosed that the successors of the Corsa and the ADAM will be produced in Zaragoza by 2019.
Commenting on the plans and the course of actions, Vice President Manufacturing, Opel, Philip R. Kienle, said : “The revised allocations will make production considerably more efficient.”
Also stressing the importance of the new allocation, the chairman of the general works council, Dr. Wolfgang Schäfer-Klug, added: “The focused allocation of individual cars to a production site enables synergies in assembly and improved logistics coordination. We are taking an important step towards the future.
“This decision secures the jobs of the colleagues in both plants while simultaneously creating perspectives. Based on our IG Metall collective agreement, we have succeeded in achieving the long-term utilization of the plants in Eisenach and Zaragoza with outstanding products.”
For the district manager of the IG Metall trade union, Jörg Köhlinger, “The implementation of the future collective agreement shows how right this agreement was and is. Everybody involved has helped set a course that will secure the future of the sites and jobs while also shaping the future of the Opel sites.”
Mokka X, Corsa and ADAM are three of the most popular cars made by the carmaker. To date, around 670,000 customers have chosen an Opel Mokka or Mokka X just as 630,000 units of the Corsa and 225,000 units of the ADAM have been sold.
