COMMENT: Opel looks to recoup some Antwerp outlay

Author: Simon Warburton | 17 December 2010

As the clock ticks down to the final closure of Opel's Astra-producing plant in Antwerp, Belgium, parent General Motors is starting to try and recoup what some have estimated as US$532m in redundancy payments to its 2,500 workers.

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