GM Urges PSA Peugeot-Citroen Car Manufacturer Opel Rafts in, Germany

Paris, KompasOtomotif -General Motors (GM) intends to invite PSA Peugeot Citroen moved its production from France to Germany. These measures were carried out after the car manufacturer from United States 7 percent stake it acquires PSA. Other considerations, European economic crisis worsen.

GM wants to maximize its European unit, Opel, based in Rüsselsheim, Germany to assemble Peugeot 508 and Citroen DS5. Germany scored the only country still relatively safe compared to other EU members. Both companies (GM and PSA) now were talking about technical measures in order to realize the plan.

European economic crisis resulted in the industrialized world is increasingly uncertain, particularly automotive. Acaman LAYOFFS and the transfer of labour continue to occur. In fact, last month announced losses of 819 Peugeot already million euro in the first half of this year and has mem-LAYOFFS-kan 8,000 workers. While GM 656 million dollar loss in Europe for the period January-July and in massively restructuring since June.