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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.1 - Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles
468 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 January 2024
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2024
Foreseen end date
31 December 2024
Description
The FCA Powertrain Poland plant in Bielsko-Biała, which produces automotive engines, has announced its closure, and all 468 workers will be laid off. The decision is explained by stricter EU emissions standards and an imminent ban on the sale of internal combustion vehicles, impacting falling orders and lower demand from global factories for new engines. The factory workforce will lose their jobs; redundancies will start in February and last until December 2024. The trade unions operating at the factory have been informed of the redundancies, and some employees will be offered a transfer to other Stellantis plants. FCA is part of the Stellantis group, a multinational automotive manufacturing corporation formed in 2021. The previous redundancies were announced in February 2023(FCA-2023-PL)
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