27/11/2009
Vauxhall plant escapes redundancies
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General Motors’ Vauxhall plant at Ellesmere Port will escape redundancies under an early restructuring plan laid out by the US carmaker. The plant will work on production of the new Astra Sports Tourer, Nick Reilly, president of GM’s international operations said. On November, GM pulled out of a deal to sell Opel, its German car manufacturer, and Britain’s Vauxhall to Magna International, a Canadian auto parts maker. Opel and Vauxhall, which together make GM’s European operations, employ more than 50,000 workers. About half of the workers are in Germany, with smaller numbers in Spain, Poland, Hungary, Austria and Belgium. GM’s decision to back out of the sale led to the departure of its European president Carl-Peter Forster, who had supported the deal with Magna. Mr Reilly is overseeing the restructuring of the business until a new Europe chief is selected.
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