PSA reorganizes the European production of the Peugeot 208
- As the capacity of the PSA plant in Trnava (Slovakia) is insufficient to produce 400,000 vehicles in 2017 and in 2018, the PSA group has decided to transfer a volume of 70,000 Peugeot 208 from Trnava to the French site of Poissy, which already manufactures some of these models for the European market.
- Indeed, the Slovak site of Trnava has just started manufacturing the new Citroën C3 (130 000 units per year), while it already produces the Peugeot 208 (220 000 units in 2016) and Citroën C3 Picasso (50 000 units In 2016), which is theoretically equivalent to a manufacturing program of 400,000 vehicles per year, with a capacity of 300,000 units per year that could be increased by only 10% (to 330,000 units per year) in extreme cases.
- Even if the Citroën C3 Picasso is scheduled to be stopped in Trnava during the first half of 2017 (its replacement being produced on the GM site in Zaragoza, Spain), the manufacturing program will exceed the 300,000 units.
- The decision to transfer 70,000 Peugeot 208 from Trnava to Poissy in 2017 and 2018 will thus enable the plant to operate at less than 110% of its capacity and the Poissy plant to maintain a shift that otherwise would have been to removed.
The production volume of Poissy is expected to increase in 2017 from 133,000 units to 203,000 units, and in 2018 from 106,000 units to 176,000 units.
According to PSA, Poissy will be able to produce 200,000 vehicles per year from 2019, thanks to the new DS3.
The production volume of Poissy is expected to increase in 2017 from 133,000 units to 203,000 units, and in 2018 from 106,000 units to 176,000 units.
According to PSA, Poissy will be able to produce 200,000 vehicles per year from 2019, thanks to the new DS3.
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