PSA Peugeot Citroen is to create 200 jobs at its Mulhouse facility in Eastern France following the success of the 2008 model two months ago with 26,000 orders already booked in Europe.
From 2 September, production of the model at Mulhouse will be gradually increased from the current 310 units per day to 520 units as of mid-September and to 615 daily models from mid-October.
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Following the 27 May announcement of a new half shift and 100 new jobs created at the facility, the latest production increase will entail the introduction of a full shift on line 2, representing a team of around 200 more people.
Jobs to support the increased output will be filled on a priority basis by employees transferred from the Aulnay and Rennes plants and, depending on the number of transfers, by part-time workers recruited from the Mulhouse region.
The Mulhouse plant says it will also need to schedule 13 additional working days in this year’s calendar.
