Opel Abandons Bochum Completely

Bob King's attempts to ingratiate himself with German unions, and to make Opel's Bochum workers reconsider their decision to turn down Opel's restructuring plan, are being ignored. Actually, it appears as if they had the opposite effect. Days after King's comment, Bochum plant manager Manfred Gellrich rejected new discussions, saying Opel does not want to "waste precious time," Reuters says. Over the weekend, Opel dropped another bomb: Bochum will be closed completely. A parts depot that was supposed to stay open, will also close its doors. With the shuttered logistics center, another 420 jobs will be lost, raising the number of redundancies to 3,700, says Der Spiegel. "It does not make sense to leave the distribution center in Bochum," once manufacture of cars stops, an Opel spokesman told the magazine. Bochum's works council had not put much faith in the plan in the first place – one of its reasons for rejecting the plan. Opel has another parts center in Rüsselsheim. The Bochum plant is scheduled to close by the end of next year. Opel will move the production of its Zafira MPVs elsewhere, two years before a planned model changeover. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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