Opel's factory doubles production

The Opel power plant in Gliwice (Śląskie voivodship) produced 169,400 cars last year, 53 percent more compared with 2014, the factory reported. Its representatives hope that this year will be no less fruitful.

The volume of this year's production will be up to the demand for the fifth-generation Opel Astra, of which production started in Gliwice last fall. According to Agnieszka Brania of General Motors Manufacturing Poland the factory has already received orders for over 65,000 fifth-generation Opel Astra cars. "This is a very good result. It means that the model has met the market's expectations and gives hope for bigger production in Gliwice this year," Brania told the Polish Press Agency (PAP).