Fiat's Tychy plant expects another record year

The most expected premiere is the latest Ford Ka, "The first 200 have already been assembled. [...] In 2008 output will amount to 20,000 units, but this amount can change," said Zdzisław Arlet, director of the Tychy plant. Fiat will manufacture about 260,000 Panda cars and 200,000 "500" cars to be sold mostly in Italy, Spain, England and Germany. "We also launch production of the latest versions [...] Daily, we will produce about 100 of these cars," said Arlet. The Tychy factory is exceeding its production capacity, which is possible, "Thanks to improved work organization," said the director of the factory. As of next year however, production of Ford Ka will stand at 100,000 and thus, "They might conclude the production of Seicento and the output of Pandas might also fall". (Puls Biznesu, p. 10) M.M.