Port Authority Aiming to Buy Antwerp Opel Plant
10 Dec 2010, 09:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Opel's Antwerp plant, still sentenced to death after General Motors decided to close the facility by year end, might have a chance to survive as Port Authority is looking into ways to buy the 9...
Union Says GM Sabotaged Antwerp Sale
9 Dec 2010, 07:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / GM continues the winding down process of the Antwerp plant, while rumors regarding a potential sale of the production site still emerge. However, a workers' union said GM sabotaged the selling ...
Ford Reaches Four-Year Deal with Belgian Unions
30 Nov 2010, 13:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / American manufacturer Ford has just signed a four-year agreement with Belgian unions over the future of the Genk assembly plant and Lommel proving ground facilities. In other words, Ford has assured...
Geely Could Buy Opel's Antwerp Plant
11 Oct 2010, 09:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After snatching Volvo and facing criticism coming from all over the world, the Chinese chief executives within Geely went out shopping once again. The most attractive product has its roots in Europe...
Volvo Trucks Opens New Dealership in Belgium
9 Jun 2010, 10:35 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Swedish truck manufacturer Volvo announced today it has expanded its dealer network in Belgium. Private dealership Garage Kant has opened its fourth site in the country, located in Olen, in the sout...
Publicity Stunt Gone Wrong: Audi A1 Rolls Over
27 May 2010, 14:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After seeing Volvo's very own way to mess things up, we though there's nothing that could be more embarrassing for an automaker than to fail to demonstrate its safety technologies in front...
Unions Reticent on Antwerp Live-Saving Plan
11 Mar 2010, 07:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Yesterday it has emerged that Belgian unions are working on a life-saving plan that could keep the Antwerp plant open, despite GM's intentions to shut down the facility. And although some rumor...
Opel Union Trying to Rescue Antwerp
10 Mar 2010, 08:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ever since General Motors announced its decision to shut down the Antwerp plant, Belgium unions and representatives struggled to find a solution that would save the factory and the 2500+ employees. ...
Belgian Union Continues Legal Action Against Opel
3 Feb 2010, 07:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as we told you some time ago, Belgian Opel unions are suing General Motors for its decision to close the Antwerp plant. And even thought Opel's owner tried to explain that it was only a ma...
Opel Official: Closing Antwerp Is A Declaration of War
25 Jan 2010, 13:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as expected, GM's decision to close the Antwerp plant outraged Opel's employees in Belgium, all of them arguing that the US-based car manufacturer could save the factory through a num...
Confirmed: GM Will Close Opel's Antwerp Plant
21 Jan 2010, 10:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After months of speculation regarding the future of Opel's Belgian plant, General Motors has just confirmed that it will shut down the Antwerp factory in the course of this year. Titled "n...
Workers Block Access in GM Antwerp Plant
21 Jan 2010, 08:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / And here's how it begins... After hearing that General Motors might shut down the Antwerp production facility, workers at the Belgium plant blocked access to a part of the factory. Obviously, t...
Unofficial: GM to Shut Down Antwerp Plant
21 Jan 2010, 08:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although both Opel and Saab are belonging to General Motors and are involved in significant restructuring processes, the Swedish company is making the headlines more often as everybody is curious to...
More Rumors: GM to Cut 8,300 Opel Jobs, Close Antwerp
3 Dec 2009, 08:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As General Motors continues negotiations with involved parties over Opel's fate, more rumors are emerging, this time pointing to fewer job cuts across Europe. According to a report by Reuters c...
GM Working to Save Antwerp Plant
28 Nov 2009, 09:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Opel's production facility in Antwerp, Belgium is still at risk as General Motors is currently considering whether to shut down the plant entirely or start building an SUV and eliminate only a ...
GM Infuriates Belgium Officials Over Antwerp Case
27 Nov 2009, 07:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We finally got the first glimpse into GM's Opel restructuring plan yesterday but the US manufacturer's problems are far from being over. The fate of the Belgian plant in Antwerp is one of ...
Elektromotive Installs Recharging Stations in Belgium and Luxembourg
26 Nov 2009, 12:02 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Elektromotive decided that The PluginCompany, an experienced group in green mobility, will install 20 units of electric vehicle charging stations in Belgium and Luxembourg. The 20 Elektrobay units ...
Belgium Plant, as Efficient as German Factory
8 Oct 2009, 10:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Antwerp plant in Belgium is still at risk to be closed but Belgian regional premier Kris Peeters claims that halting production at this particular facility has absolutely no economic grounds at ...
Opel Antwerp's Future Still Uncertain
24 Sep 2009, 14:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Workers continue the protests against Magna's decision to cut thousands of jobs and even close the doors of some plants across Europe. The Antwerp plant is a special case as employees in severa...
GM Intervenes in Opel's Antwerp Case
22 Sep 2009, 09:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Opel and its new owner Magna International are getting ready to start talks with European unions regarding the job cuts to be introduced after the Canadian - Austrian partsmaker completes the takeov...