Opel Eisenach

The Adam Opel AG is a company based in Eisenach Eisenach, Thuringia work of Adam Opel AG.

History

In March 1990, a collaboration between the car factory in Eisenach (AWE ) and the Adam Opel AG has been agreed and the establishment of Eisenach Opel plant in Built in the 1980s, AWE operating part in the meal, to the west of Wartburg city decided. Was opened on 5 October 1990, together with the former car factory in Eisenach an assembly line for the Opel Vectra A. Guest of honor at the ceremonial start was the then Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

On 13 December 1990, the President of the THA, Detlev Rohwedder, the CEO of Adam Opel AG, Louis R. Hughes, and the manager of the automobile factory Eisenach signed to allow a land purchase contract to build a new automobile assembly plant. On February 7, 1991, the foundation stone was laid on September 9, 1991, the topping-out ceremony for the new plant, in the Opel approximately one billion Deutschmark invested. Almost simultaneously, the automobile plant in Eisenach was settled and set the local production of the Wartburg 1.3.

The new plant began on 23 September 1992 with the production of the Astra and Corsa models. It was with its 1,900 employees at the time as one of the most successful and most productive car plants in Europe.

With the introduction of the three- layer system, the construction phase of the work was completed on 4 October 1993. On 16 October 1996, the five hundred thousandth built in Eisenach Opel rolled off, on 16 November 1999, the one millionth.

In the wake of the economic problems of its parent company General Motors as a result of the financial crisis from 2007 was also the temporary preservation of the Opel plant in Eisenach question. At times, the production had been set at the factory.

On January 10, 2013 in Eisenach began series production of the small car Opel Adam. For the production of which 190 million euros were invested in the Eisenach factory.

Since November 2013, the Eisenach plant is part of the Adam Opel AG, acting as Adam Opel AG 's Eisenach plant.

Notes and References

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