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Stellantis, the electric 500 supports Mirafiori but the fear of closure for Grugliasco rises

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The production of cars and light commercial vehicles of the Stellantis Group in Italy, as of 30 September, exceeds the negative threshold reached in the year of the covid by 14.2% but the combined mix of critical issues related to the market and the semiconductor crisis will push within end of the year production at a lower level than in 2020. This is the forecast of the Fim Cisl which yesterday presented the quarterly report on the production in the Italian plants of the Group. Meanwhile, the hypothesis of the closure of the Grugliasco plant, part of the Turin auto pole where the Maserati Ghibli and Quattroporte are produced, takes shape. It will be one of the topics at the table that will take place on Monday at the Ministry of Economic Development between the Stellantis top management, the trade unions and the Government, alongside the theme linked to the semiconductor crisis and the industrial prospects of the Group’s Italian factories.

«To guarantee a still positive trend in the production volumes of cars in Italy – says Ferdinando Uliano of the national secretariat of the FIM – up to now has been the line of the full electric Fiat 500, in Mirafiori, where over 38 thousand cars have been built since the beginning of the year. The balance sheet for the Maserati MC20s from Modena is also positive, which in any case have limited volumes, while in the other car factories it has fallen below the 2020 threshold ». The Sevel of Atessa has so far fared, where the light commercials are made, with volumes growing this year by 19% but down by at least 34 thousand units compared to 2019.

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From January to September, the gap compared to pre-Covid was over 16 percentage points and is set to grow. Therefore, if Mirafiori keeps and guarantees Stellantis to put a full electric car model on the market, thus respecting the obligations on global emissions, there are many signs that worry the union, starting with the hypothesis of closure of Grugliasco. The three Maserati models in production will reach 20 thousand this year, 60% less than in 2017, volumes at a minimum that “condemn” the luxury pole wanted by Sergio Marchionne to downsize.

Melfi loses a third of its volumes on the road in 2019 and returns to numbers that have not been seen since 2015, when the production climb with Jeep Renegade and Fiat 500 X began. The same Sevel plant, the only one in Italy where Stellantis produces light commercial vehicles, has taken a step back on 18 shifts, back to 15, with a thousand fewer employees – 650 workers on the basis of other factories in the Group and 300 temporary workers – and a production that this year could amount to 220 thousand units. of a program that instead aimed to exceed 300 thousand. The year is also rising for Pomigliano, a plant for which the CEO of Alfa Romeo, Jean Philippe Imparato, a few days ago, confirmed the start of production of the Tonale SUV by March, with arrival on the market in June 2022. Here volumes are down by 3.4% compared to the same period last year, by more than 40% compared to 2019. In the queue is the Cassino plant, which travels at 20% of its capacity, discounts delays and indecision of Alfa Romeo’s relaunch plan, with volumes down by more than 3% on last year, by more than 21 points compared with the phase prior to Covid,

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«On Monday – Ferdinando Uliano anticipates – we will ask for guarantees on the completion of the Group’s investment plan in Italy, with the two new Alfa models assigned to Cassino (Grecale) and Pomigliano (Tonale) and with the renewal of the Maserati Gran Cabrio and Gran Turismo. The risk is that a complex industrial phase will lead to delays in the launch of new models ». Another point to the attention of the trade unions will be the industrial mission of the Group’s Italian plants. “After the assignment of the new platform to Melfi and after the announcement of the Gigafactory in Termoli, commitments are needed for all the Italian centers, starting with the future platform for the Maserati” adds Uliano.

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