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Plants: Foreign investments K>MOBIL 31 // KIRCHHOFF Automotive
will be employed. The green-field plant in Gliwice
was founded in 2005 and has only been in operation
for two years. At the beginning we first had to
convince our customers of the just-in-time project.
We began cooperation with General Motors by supplying
components for GM programs such as the
Agila, which has meanwhile gone out of production,
the Astra II, Astra III and the Zafira. Mass production
for all these parts will cease within the next two
years because the life cycles for the Astra and the
Zafira will be coming to an end.
Newly signed contracts for 2009 and 2010 will
mean the manufacturing of completely new
product packages for the KIRCHHOFF JIT plant in
Gliwice.
In the last edition of K>MOBIL we already featured
products that are going to be manufactured in Gliwice,
such as the engine cradle, the floor panel assembly
and the instrument panel beam for the GM
Delta program. Bumpers for the BMW 1 and 7 Series,
bumpers for the SKODA Yeti and instrument panel
beams for the FORD Fiesta have also been ordered.
In order to fulfill these orders it will be necessary
to expand production floor space, install a new KTL
coating line and a completely new assembly line.
Construction work started in April and is due to be
concluded by mid-October 2008. The new section
of the production building will comprise 9600 m2 .
An additional 3000 m2 of roofed area will also be
created for logistical needs.
Janusz Sobon
Large picture: the entire future
area of plant 2: KIRCHHOFF
Polska Assembly in Gliwice
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