Opel Automobile GmbH – Kaiserslautern Plant
Traditional Site with the Latest Technology The plant in Kaiserslautern has been producing top quality vehicle components for over 50 years. Under the new owner, Groupe PSA, the traditional Opel site is preparing itself for the future. As an important pillar of Groupe PSA's global production network, the Kaiserslautern plant reliably supplies its sister plants with vehicle components and engines. The heart of the site is the press plant. The majority of the sheet metal parts manufactured here are sent to both of the two welding areas of the plant for further processing: in the production of body components, the pressed parts are assembled in highly flexible welding cells, for example for dashboard supports (top right photo) – a highly complex component, for which 40
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individual parts are manufactured and welded together. Engine bonnets made of aluminium are also produced here (large photo). The experts for the production of front and rear wheel carriers, as well as seat structures, work in the chassis components production part of the plant. Around 19 million axles and 40 million seat structures have been manufactured at the West Palatinate production site to date.