It can finally be said: Alfa Romeo she is getting back into shape after a few years of being sedentary. After the drops in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 the market returned to smile for the Italian brand, and the launch of the new model Tonal has warmed the spirits. With Giulia and Stelvio, a trio is envisaged with a good chance of keeping the Alfa plants active, namely Cassino and Pomigliano d’Arco. This was also recognized by the FIM-CISL union, which published the data on Stellantis production in the first six months, analyzing the situation on each plant.
According to FIM-CISL, production in Cassino in the first half of the year was 26,310 units, up by + 14.6% compared to 2021 (albeit down compared to 2019). Even if the union stresses that 65% of production has been lost since 2017, with 1,100 fewer employees, today the situation appears to have stabilized. In production for the first six months of 2022, 34% is represented by Alfa Romeo Giulia, 59% by Alfa Romeo Stelvio and 7% by the new Maserati Grecale. “Production was conditioned by a continuous production stop caused by the lack of semiconductors, with the loss of 39 work shifts, partly covered with CDS and with production recoveries to be made. In the remaining working days, however, we marched at reduced speed with about 150 workers on social safety nets every day. “During the presentation of the Stellantis Plan, Cassino was described as the “House of Alfa Romeo”. Potentially it is a plant with a production capacity of around 300,000 cars, so if the strategy is to quadruple revenues in the premium and luxury segment (Maserati, Alfa Romeo, DS and Lancia), like Fim-Cisl we expect a new one in the next meetings. assignment“, Wrote the union in a press release.
TO Pomigliano d’ArcoInstead, the novelty of the second quarter of 2022 was the production increase of the new Alfa Romeo Tonale SUV, with 3,730 units. Semiconductors also hit production in Pomigliano, specifically only for the Fiat Panda. To date, the Pomigliano plant employs 4,250 workers, organized in two shifts on the Panda line and one shift on the Tonale line. The forecasts are positive: production growth of the Tonale and the launch of production of the Dodge Hornet are expected in Septemberand this should lead to the transition to two shifts, with a benefit on both volumes and occupancy.
The confirmation of Panda production until 2026 puts the plant in the condition of potential full employment and a zeroing of the social safety nets, and already in this last phase the CDS is largely used only for the management of production stops.
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