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  • Renault and Stellantis to suspend car production at several plants

    Renault and Stellantis to suspend car production at several plants

    Automakers Renault and Stellantis announced that they will suspend car production at several plants due to a global semiconductor shortage.

    A spokesman for Renault said that during the next week, the group will suspend production at a plant in France and two other plants in Morocco and Romania for several days.

    Stellantis, the group resulting from the merger between the French manufacturer PSA and the Italian Fiat Chrysler, also faces a similar problem.

    Due to the lack of chips, the group decided to suspend production at the plant in Eisenach (Germany) where Opel cars are produced as well as at the plant in Zaragoza (Spain), where Citroen and Opel models are assembled.

    Other big automakers around the world, including Ford, Toyota and Volkswagen, are facing a shortage of chips that are used in various car systems.

    On average, a car uses between 50 and 150 chips. These chips are produced in Asia, mainly in Taiwan.

  • Renault is turning its Flins plant into a recycling center

    Renault is turning its Flins plant into a recycling center

    Renault confirmed its intention to stop car assembly activities at its plant in Flins, near Paris, and by 2024 this facility will be transformed into a research, recycling and repair center, Reuters reports.

    The new plant, dubbed ”Re-Factory”, would regroup mechanical recycling operations, as well as car dismantling and reconditioning of electric batteries.

    Renault plans to employ more than 3,000 people in Flins by 2030, including staff at the Choisy-le-Roi plant, which is scheduled to close.

    The company intends to cut a total of 15,000 jobs globally, of which 4,600 in France alone.

    The last car assembly plant to close in France was in 2013, with production shut down at the PSA plant in Aulnay-sous-Bois.

  • French unions in Renault have agreed a 2,500 jobs cut

    French unions in Renault have agreed a 2,500 jobs cut

    CFE-CGC, the most important union from Renault, announced on Thursday that it has decided to sign an agreement that agrees a cut of 2,500 jobs in engineering and tertiary functions of the company in France, via voluntary departures, AFP reports.

    The signing of this agreement by CFE-CGC comes after a similar decision announced on Monday by Force Ouvriere, Renault’s fourth largest union.

    Given that the two unions together represent more than 50% of Renault’s employees, the agreement can be validated.

    This agreement is part of a larger plan that calls for the cut of 15,000 jobs globally, of which 4,600 in France alone.

    The 2,100 jobs that are expected to be cut in French plants are to be negotiated.