MILANO – The veil on the industrial future of Stellantis in Italy has not yet been removed but the company, in today’s meeting in Rome at the Ministry of Economic Development, has lifted a flap, giving a glimpse of its future plans for the Melfi plant, in Basilicata. The plant will remain central and the goal of the group led by Carlos Tavares is that is of maintain a production capacity of 400,000 cars, a level that in recent years was only touched in 2015, when almost 395,000 units were assembled.
In 2023, work will begin to make Melfi the headquarters of the Stellantis medium electric platform, with four models that will begin to be produced from the following year and will be released on the market with different brands of the group. The platform is meant for cars with a range of 700 kilometers. The group announced that it immediately intends to adopt the typical PSA production organization for Melfi, bringing together on a single line the production that is now carried out on two different lines, from which the 500 X and the Jeep Renegade and Compass currently come out. . The goal is to work 19.5 weekly shifts. There will also be a battery assembly line for models due out in 2024.
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The Minister of Labor, Andrea Orlando, defined the meeting “a first positive step, in which indications of a desire for significant investment in the reality of Melfi came, we look forward to learning about further aspects of this strategy. As a government we have given maximum availability to the challenge that Stellantis intends launch into the transition process. There have been some positive indications in a positive climate. Of course this is a process that must continue to understand the implications of these choices. ” During the meeting, those present were informed that the Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, asked to be informed about the progress of the negotiation.
“The challenge that Stellantis has announced to achieve market leadership is demanding and we all, government and social partners, share it,” said the Minister of Economic Development, Giancarlo Giorgetti, defining “the reaffirmation of the territorial vocation of Stellantis as positive. We start with Melfi, which will be enhanced but other aspects need reflection”. On this the minister explicitly mentioned one of the points that Stellantis has kept confidential, defining the plan “in progress”, or where the third European gigafactory of the battery group: “We cannot talk about a gigafactory without addressing the fundamental question of choosing the place of production of the batteries. A decision that has not yet been taken,” said Giorgetti.
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“The meeting at the Ministry of Economic Development was a strong positive sign of Stellantis’ commitment in Italy, with an even more constructive collaboration that we have long ago started with the Ministry of Economic Development and with all the trade union organizations we deal with. periodically, “he said Stellantis in a note, in which he expressed “great appreciation for the continuation of this productive and constructive dialogue, with the aim of building together with all the social partners the conditions to guarantee a bright and competitive future for Stellantis and for all its employees “.
The unions present at the meeting began to spread the first reactions.
“We have removed the danger of the Melfi plant, with the two lines that will be compacted into a single, longer one. There will be surpluses of manpower that will be managed without redundancies, with incentives to leave and transfers to other plants of the group that have them. the need, “he said Roberto Di Maulo, general secretary of the Fismic Confsal, affirming that the problem of the repercussions of the plan on the related industries has also been put on the table.
“We ask for precise guarantees not only for the workers of Melfi, but for all Italian workers. We want a great pact with Stellantis, which explicitly excludes the possibility of closures and layoffs, which supports the workers’ income and gives productive missions to all assembly and engine factories, as well as numerous research and staffing organizations, “they said Rocco Palombella, general secretary of Uilm, e Gianluca Ficco, Uilm national secretary in charge of the auto sector, at the end of the meeting, adding: “We think that the government can help workers and the whole country in two ways: first of all by encouraging investments that will serve to reconvert, above all, the induced towards new technologies and, secondly, by launching more equitable tools for coupling to retirement and generational change. We welcome the willingness of the government to chair new meetings as the plan becomes clear “.
“It is good that Stellantis anticipates a piece of the piano in Italy with electrification of four models and battery assembly,” he said. Francesca Re David, general secretary of Fiom CGIL, saying that the reorganization of Melfi “must have no effect on the employment and salary of the employees”,
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