Stellantis Figueruelas Plant Recovers Production, Requires Immediate Hiring of 600 People Due to Semiconductor Shortage

The Stellantis Figueruelas plant In the second half of July, shift B of line 1, which was suspended in April, will be recovered due to the lack of semiconductors, which forced to reorganize the productive structure. To start it up and cover the demand of the different current models, the immediate hiring of 600 people will be necessary. This has been confirmed by the president of the Committee, Rubén Alonso, who values ​​this news “very positively” together with the arrival of the Lanicia Ypsilon for the second half of 2024.

On April 1, shift B of line 1, which assembles the C3 Aircross and the Opel Crossland, was cancelled. restructuring the plant with only four shiftscon A working on both lines, B on line 2 and the night shift flexiblywith the possibility of working on both lines according to demand.

Now, the initial five shifts are recovered, with two on each line and the night shift. Turn B of line 1 it will return to its normal schedule in the morning (06:00 to 14:00) and in the afternoon (14:00 to 22:00).

A piece of news that comes along with the confirmation that the Figueruelas plant will exclusively produce the new Lancia Ypsilonbeing the third electric model that will come out of its lines, after the Opel Corsa and the Peugeot 208, which has not yet been announced but is already circulating in tests at the Zaragoza factory.