Peugeot Plant Closing Leaves 18 Factories Too Many in Europe
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A gun-metal gray Citroen C3 compact rolled off PSA Peugeot Citroen’s assembly line at Aulnay today, the 8,568,391st -- and last -- car to be produced at the plant that once employed 3,300 workers on the outskirts of Paris.
Since Peugeot announced plans to close the 40-year-old factory more than a year ago, output has slowed dramatically due to strikes. Still, Tanja Sussest, leader of the biggest union at the plant, said production of the last car was a moment that she and many other workers needed to witness.