Factory management Stellantis of Zaragoza reportedly plans to close one of its two production lines and consolidate all vehicle assemblies. A decision which would have been taken due to the drop in production volume planned for 2025 and 2026, years during which it would take the opportunity to install the STLA Small platform, which guarantees the future of the factoryas published by “La Tribuna de la Automoción”.
For the moment, factory sources have refused to comment on a decision which has also not been transmitted to the works council. The Government of Aragon also has no official knowledge of this situation.although they have already contacted the company for more detailed information. “This is a predictable situation, given what the automotive sector is going through.“, underlined the Vice President and Minister of Economy, Mar Vaquero.
In fact, the Aragonese executive has an impact on the overall situation experienced by the automobile industry, in the midst of a transition to electric vehicles which has not yet started. “We are all aware that the automotive sector is currently experiencing different situations that affect production and employment.. We are focused on this, working and collaborating with the entire automotive sector,” Vaquero said.
Despite this, the vice president remains optimistic about the installation of a battery gigafactory in Figueruelas, for which she received almost 200 million euros in public aid. “Obviously at that time it would be difficult to understand today, but Companies work with foresight and the automotive sector has its temporal projection and that’s where we think this gigafactory will have to come in,” he added.
According to information from ‘La Tribuna de la Automoción’, Stellantis would transfer the Peugeot 208, currently on line 1, to line 2, where the Opel Corsa and Lancia Ypsilon are already assembled, at least until 2027. The company’s forecasts predict a drop in production to 290,000 vehicles in 2025 and 245,000 in 2026, far from the 375,000 that would end this year.
While, Management and unions negotiate the application of an ERTE for 4,200 workers from December 1 and throughout 2025. The company agreed to the Committee’s request to guarantee 80% of the salary and extraordinary payments, although some aspects still need to be refined to close the deal.
