Published on May,21 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...uring. GM's plant in Poland will also produce the new Astra. However, the threat of closure now hangs over its Bochum plant in Germany, which employs 3,100 people. Representatives of the Opel works council in Germany sai...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Reuters
...emocrats won a resounding victory on May 13 in North-Rhine Westphalia, the country's most populous state where Bochum is located, and may seek to turn the plant's future into a campaign issue for the 2013 federal vote. (...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Reuters
...emocrats won a resounding victory on May 13 in North-Rhine Westphalia, the country's most populous state where Bochum is located, and may seek to turn the plant's future into a campaign issue for the 2013 federal vote. L...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Reuters
...kers two years ago. They have also said they fear that production of the Zafira compact van will be moved from Bochum to Ruesselsheim. GM lost $747 million on its European operations last year, and rumors regularly surfa...
Published on May,17 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...n one of GM's most efficient – it employs 2,100 staff but can manufacture up to 187,000 vehicles a year, while Bochum employs 3,100 and has a capacity of 160,000. However, GM was concerned about the costs Ellesmere was r...
Published on May,17 2012 - by Reuters
...: "The obvious thing for GM to do now would be to shift production of the Zafira to Ruesselsheim, which leaves Bochum in a very marginal position ... It looks like GM have got the stomach for a fight with the German unio...
Published on May,17 2012 - by Reuters
... be shifted from Asia to Europe, with Russelsheim the likely beneficiary. This would leave the Opel factory at Bochum as the most likely site to be closed. The decision is one of the most dramatic so far as Europe's carm...
Published on May,16 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
.... It is major vote of confidence in UK workers over their counterparts in German, where GM could now close its Bochum plant. Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, said: "Huge efforts have been made to try to secure the fu...
Published on May,15 2012 - by Reuters
...heim to Ellesmere - a move that would keep the factory open and be a major coup for the UK. GM's Opel plant in Bochum, Germany, though, remains a candidate for closure, although the company has promised unions it won't c...
Published on May,13 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...ns one of GM's most productive. It employs 2,100 staff but can make 187,000 vehicles a year. In contrast, GM's Bochum plant in Germany employs 3,100 and has a capacity of 160,000 vehicles. ...