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Opel to Move MPV Work to Russelsheim Plant
General Motors Co.'s Opel unit says it will move production of its Zafira MPV from the factory in Bochum, Germany, that is slated to close next year to its underutilized assembly plant in Russelsheim, Germany.
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General Motors Co.'s Opel unit says it will move production of its Zafira MPV from the factory in Bochum, Germany, that is slated to close next year to its underutilized assembly plant in Russelsheim, Germany.
The Russelsheim facility will make the current-generation Zafira for two years until the next-generation model arrives in 2017.
Opel originally planned to shutter the Bochum plant in at the end of the existing model's lifecycle. But the company accelerated the closing after hourly workers there rejected a new concessionary contract.
The announcement resolves uncertainty about whether Opel would choose Russelsheim or its facility in Ellesmere Port, England. Earlier speculation included the possibility of making the Zafira at Opel's factory in Gliwice, Poland, or a French plant run by GM alliance partner PSA Peugeot Citroen.
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