Sevel#Sevel Sud
42.14916666666714.456388888889Koordinaten: 42 ° 8 ' 57 " N, 14 ° 27' 23" E
The Società Europea Veicoli Leggeri Sevel SpA (European Society for light commercial vehicles ) also known as stabilimento Sevel Val di Sangro or Sevel Sud is an existing since the 1978 joint venture between the Italian Fiat Auto SpA and the French PSA Peugeot Citroën S. A. for the production of commercial vehicles. The negotiations at that time led the Managing Director Dr. Umberto Agnelli by Fiat and the engineer Jean Paul Parayre part of the PSA Group. The stake in the business is for both companies at 50 percent each.
The comprehensive 1.2 square kilometer plant in Val di Sangro around 5200 employees. The annual production capacity is 210,000 vehicles a year. Thus the work is the second largest commercial vehicle manufacturer in Europe and covers approximately 30 percent of the commercial vehicle market. It is also one of the largest companies in Abruzzo.
The activities in the Italian plant include the manufacture of light commercial vehicles such as buses, vans, RVs and flatbed for the European market. Be made identical vehicles of different brands that roll here in the so-called badge engineering from the tape. The built vehicles here are called Eurobus. The name is derived from the used chassis called the Euro. These are also at the Sevel subsidiary Société Européenne de Véhicules Léger SA used in the construction of automobiles.
In September of 2010, finally, the four millionth vehicle was manufactured, a Fiat Ducato. Was passed on to the customer, the vehicle on 22 September at the IAA in Hanover. From 2016, the cooperation with PSA ends. Fiat will then operate the plant alone and incorporated into its subsidiary Iveco. PSA, in turn, developed together with Toyota successor models for the Peugeot Boxer and Citroen Jumper, which are then produced in other Sevel plant Société Européenne de Véhicules Léger in France.