Opel factory sets new bar for 2016

The Opel factory in Gliwice (Śląskie voivodship) expects to produce 150,000 Astra models this year. The comapny also intends to increase both staff and production. “The increase in production is related to the speeding up of assembly lines and employment of new workers. All operations are being done faster, by a larger number of employees, meaning that instead of cars leaving the production line every ninety seconds, it now takes 80," Andrzej Korpak, the general director at General Motors Poland informed. General Motors Manufacturing Poland officially started production of the new fifth generation Opel Astra in September 2015. Last year, the plant produced 169,400 cars (employing 3,900 people), which was 53 percent more compared to 2014.