Are two GM Europe plants for the chop?
GERMANY: Now Opel mulls Eisenach sale
Having not made, on Wednesday (28 March) any specific post-supervisory board meeting announcements on the future of Bochum and Ellesmere…
GERMANY: Opel ‘playing plants off against each other:’ unions
Senior union sources in Belgium claim Opel is attempting to play its German plants off against each other although the…
GERMANY [updated 17:30BST]: Opel supervisory board seen closing plants in 2015
Though General Motors Europe is likely to honour labour agreements keeping both plants open to the end of 2014, today's…
BELGIUM: European Commission convenes auto summit for 6 June
Exhaustive results of a study into the acute problems currently facing the auto sector will be unveiled by the European…
BELGIUM: Unions lambast European auto policy as “complete nonsense”
European metal unions have slammed as “complete nonsense” mooted plans by automakers to slash production capacity given what they insist…
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UK: GM battens down Ellesmere Port against media – paper
General Motors has raised the drawbridge and manned the battlements to keep media away from its Vauxhall Ellesmere Port plant…
GERMANY: State minister pleads with GM over Bochum
Harry Voigtsberger, economy minister of Germany’s western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where General Motors Europe's Opel Bochum factory is located,…
BELGIUM: CLEPA urges European solidarity as Opel unions reject local talks
European automotive supplier body, CLEPA, has cautioned major players on the continent not to engage in a battle with each…
GERMANY: GM Europe Opel plant closures after 2014 looking more likely by the day
Following several media reports over the weekend and so far today (Monday, 26 March), there are ominous signs suggesting General…
GERMANY: Opel unions demand immediate talks on plant closure rumours
Opel/Vauxhall unions are demanding immediate meetings with management as the noise surrounding rumoured plant closures reaches fever pitch. The European…