GM to cut 2,200 jobs at Opel factory in Antwerp - report |
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BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - General Motors Corp will cut some 2,200 jobs at its Opel factory in Antwerp, Belgium, as part of a restructuring programme ahead of production of the next generation of the group's Opel Astra model from 2010, Belgian daily L'Echo reported.Previous reports cited 1,400 as the number of workers to be axed.Around 400 temporary workers will be cut by July this year, while 1,681 blue-collar workers and 180 white-collar workers will be axed between now and the spring of 2008.At the end of the restructuring, 2,400-2,500 staff will remain at the site and production volume will be reduced from 226,000 cars per year to 125,000.In a statement from GM's German subsidiary Opel in Frankfurt on April 17, GM Europe said it would stop producing the Astra model in Antwerp after 2010.The new generation of Astra models will be built at four European sites: Bochum in Germany; Ellesmere Port in Britain; Trollhattan in Sweden; and Gliwice in Poland.nina.chestney@thomson.comnc/jrCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.
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GM to cut about 1,800 jobs in Antwerp 