PSA reduces its production capacity in Great Britain
- The PSA group will proceed to lower its production capacity on the Vauxhall site at Ellesmere Port. For many years, this site has been manufacturing part of the Opel Astra distributed in the European market and in Overseas markets.
- Thus, in 2016, 118,000 Astra were produced on the Ellesmere Port site, of which 23,000 for the British market and 2,000 for Ireland, the rest being distributed throughout the European continent and on foreign markets, except Russia and Ukraine where Opel has ceased its presence. The Ellesmere Port site has manufactured 80,000 Astra over the first 8 months of 2017.
- In comparison, the other European factory that manufactures Opel Astra, that of Gliwice in Poland, manufactured 187,000 units in 2016 and 120,000 units in the first 8 months of 2017.
- The strategy of PSA observed in recent years is to gradually concentrate the production of the same model in a single factory. PSA may do the same with the Opel Astra at the Gliwice plant. This site has a production capacity of 200,000 vehicles per year, but would need to increase to 300,000 units per year to reach the volume of all Astra produced in Europe in 2016.
- Before PSA took over Opel / Vauxhall, the GM group planned to close the Ellesmere Port and Luton plants by 2020. PSA, however, has committed to maintaining these plants. In the case of a transfer of the Opel Astra to Poland, the French group will have to produce another model or close the plant regardless.
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