Opel Manufacturing Poland Sp. z o.o. (formerly General Motors Manufacturing Poland Sp. z o.o.) is an

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manufacturer in

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. It assembles

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s in a factory in

Gliwice Gliwice (; german: Gleiwitz) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder). It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, the regional cap ...

and builds engines in Tychy. Opel Manufacturing Poland is a subsidiary of ''Opel Automobile GmbH'' in Rüsselsheim,

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which in turn is a subsidiary of

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. This is not to be confused with the Opel sales company ''Opel Poland Sp. z o.o.'' with seat in

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, appearing publicly as ''Opel Polska''.

Car assembly in Gliwice

Passenger cars

The factory in Gliwice built the compact

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car for the

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and

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brands and the

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for the formerly named brands and as

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for the North American market. The passenger car assembly ended on the 30 November 2021.

Light commercial vehicles

As the production of Opel Astra in Gliwice was reported to end on the 30 November 2021,

also announced to start the production of

s (Opel Movano, Peugeot Boxer, Fiat Ducato and Citroën Jumper) in April 2022 in the new factory next to the old one.

Engine factory in Tychy

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. However, Isuzu's financial troubles caused

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to take control with 60% of ISPOL's capital in 2002. Since then the plant manufactured over two million engines for

. The engines are for various Opel/Vauxhall models. In 2013,

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purchased the remaining 40% shares of the Tychy plant from Isuzu Motors Ltd. In preparation for the sale by GM of the brands Opel and Vauxhall with the whole of the Opel/Vauxhall automobile business in Europe per August 1, 2017, this factory was transferred in the property of Opel Automobile GmbH, which was sold to PSA. On March 21, 2018 PSA announced that this factory would be retooled to produce 3-cylinder "Puretech" petrol engines to be delivered to PSA's factory in

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, saving hundreds of kilometers in transport, and avoiding to build an engine factory at the Trnava site.

Products

Current models

Fiat Ducato The Fiat Ducato is a light commercial vehicle jointly developed by FCA Italy and PSA Group (currently Stellantis), and mainly manufactured by Sevel, a joint venture between the two companies since 1981. It has also been sold as the Citroën C25, ...

(2022−present) *

Peugeot Boxer Peugeot (, , ) is a French brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis. The family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was founded in 1810, with a steel foundry that soon started making hand tools and kitchen equipment, and the ...

(2022−present) * Citroën Jumper (2022−present) * Opel Movano C (2022−present)

Past models

* Opel Astra F Classic (1998−2002) * Opel Agila A (2000−2007) * Opel Astra G Classic (2003−2009) * Suzuki Wagon R+ (2005−2007) * Opel Zafira B (2005−2010) * Opel Astra H Classic (2006−2014) * Opel Astra J hatchback (2009−2015) * Opel Astra GTC (2011−2018) * Opel Astra J sedan (2012−2020) *

(2013−2019) * Opel Astra K hatchback (2015−2021)

References

External links

Tychy Plant. Facts and Figures
{{General Motors Gliwice Tychy Opel factories Motor vehicle assembly plants in Poland