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Workers disrupt production at PSA Peugeot Citroen Aulnay plant


Around 200 French workers from the Aulnay plant north of Paris are disrupting production, protesting layoffs and the planned closure of the facility. France's largest automaker has announced it will cut 8,000 jobs and close the Aulnay-sous-Bois plant as it struggles to compete in Europe's stagnant car market. Workers from the CGT union marched into the plant early today, just as ...
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Report: Goodyear to close plant in northern France
Tyre maker Goodyear is preparing to shut down a French plant that employs 1,250 workers near the northern city of Amiens. According to a French government official quoted by French newspaper ...
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Opel’s Bochum plant to be closed in 2016
Opel told its 3,000 employees from the Bochum plant in Germany that it has no alternative but to end vehicle production in 2016. Despite the carmaker's efforts to rescue car manufacturing ...
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Ford confirms plans to shut down its Belgium plant from 2014
Ford Motor Company today confirmed plans to end production at its plant in Genk, Belgium, by the end of 2014, pending the outcome of a consultation process with employee representatives. If ...
Peugeot Expects Rivals to Close Plants in Europe Too
Peugeot is certain that rival automakers will be forced to close plants in Europe too, to deal with overcapacity. Chief Executive Philippe Varin told Les Echos said that as the European ...
Will Ford Manufacture the Mondeo in Mexico?
Analysts draw attention on Ford’s ‘restructuring plan’ for its troubled European operations. Recently the automaker announced it is working on a ‘restructuring plan’ for the European market, which includes a plant ...
PSA Peugeot Citroen seeks state aid to prevent job loses
The struggling carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen wants government aid on top of wage concessions as a condition for averting a second French auto plant closure, Reuters reports citing internal sources ...

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