In Europe between 2007 and 2012 the tables have turned
- Which are the plants that have declined the most in terms of production volume and those who were able to significantly increase their production volume between 2007 and 2012?
- Plants that declined the most in volume are all located in the West or South of Europe:
-The PSA Aulnay (-93%) due to the transfer of the C3 production to the Poissy factory;
-Renault's Douai plant (-56%) that produces minivans and suffered from the drop in sales of this segment;
-The Renault Flins plant (-52%) because of the production transfer of the Clio to Turkey (Bursa);
-The Ford plant in Valencia (-51%) because of the production transfer of the Fiesta and Focus to Germany;
-The PSA Vigo plant (-46%) that produces the C4 Picasso that has reached the end of its cycle and is soon to be renewed;
-The Fiat Melfi (-65%) and Mirafiori (-63%) that suffered from falling sales of the Fiat factory;
-The GM Bochum plant (-39%) because of the transfer of the Opel Astra to Rüsselsheim in addition to sales decline of the Opel Zafira.
- The situation is different in Eastern and Northern Europe. Thus, the British Sunderland plant has seen its production volume increased by 44% between 2007 and 2012, thanks to the success of the Qashqai and Juke SUVs. Further east, Bratislava plant (50%), Zilina (101%) of Nosovice (which did not exist in 2007), Bursa (41%), Trnava (21% )and Leipzig (38%) plants took advantage of the arrival of new models on on their assembly lines.
Data source: File #101 - Worldwide production detailed by models
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