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Opel to Cut Output at Bochum Plant
General Motors Co.'s Adam Opel unit says it will reduce work hours at its car factory in Bochum, Germany, by an unspecified amount in January, according to the factory's labor chief, Rainer Enenkel.
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General Motors Co.'s Adam Opel unit says it will reduce work hours at its car factory in Bochum, Germany, by an unspecified amount in January, according to the factory's labor chief, Rainer Enenkel.
He says the company will reevaluate the situation monthly.
Opel cut hours at two other assembly plants and an engine facility in Germany earlier this year, citing sagging European sales. Bochum has been spared until now because it builds the popular Zafira MPV.
Opel declared in June that the Bochum factory will be shuttered after 2016 as part of a sweeping restructuring. Last week the company said it plans to shed 300 jobs when it ends transmission production there next year.
Rumors also have circulated that the factory will eliminate one of its three shifts. But Enenkel says such a step is prohibited through 2014 by the current labor contract. Opel's labor unions continue to bargain with the company about the extent of its restructuring program.
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