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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-22 08:57 Peugeot to halt ops in Slovakia for 13 days-paper (Interactive Investor) [Mar 22, 2010] BRATISLAVA, March 22 (Reuters) - French car group PSA Peugeot Citroen will suspend production at its Slovak assembly plant for 13 days over the coming three months due to a drop in demand, the daily Hospodarske Noviny said on Monday. The carmaker will halt operations one day on April 6, for six days in May and for six days in June, the Slovak daily cited PSA Peugeot Citroen Slovakia as saying ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Peugeot sees 2010 output in Slovakia above 200,000 (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) [Oct 19, 2009] BRATISLAVA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen expects output at its Slovak assembly plant to be slightly above 200,000 units this year, with similar volume in 2010, the outgoing chief executive of PSA's Slovak operations, Jean Mouro, said on Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Peugeot Starts Saturday Shifts in Slovak Factory for New Model (Bloomberg) [Mar 13, 2009] March 13 (Bloomberg) -- PSA Peugeot Citroen , Europe?s second-largest carmaker, started Saturday shifts at its factory in Slovakia to meet demand for the new C3 Picasso compact minivan, whose sales may be boosted by government incentives. [via YahooNews] More >>

PSA'S SLOVAK PLANT 2007 CAR PRODUCTION MORE THAN TRIPLED (The Tocqueville Connection) [Feb 26, 2008] BRATISLAVA, Feb 26, 2008 (AFP) - France's PSA Peugeot Citroen more than trebled production at its Trnava plant in Western Slovakia to over 177,000 cars last year, the company said on Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Skoda adding models to confront rivals (International Herald Tribune) [Dec 10, 2007] New products from Skoda will help Volkswagen challenge Peugeot and Renault. [via YahooNews] More >>

'Super union' will struggle to protect jobs (Financial Times) [Apr 19, 2007] Peugeot's decision a year ago to close its Ryton plant with the loss of 2,300 jobs and move production to Slovakia typified the problems faced by unions when a multinational company exercises its right to manufacture in lower-cost countries. [via YahooNews] More >>

Peugeot to invest ?100 mln on new small car at Slovak plant (Budapest Business Journal) [Apr 17, 2007] Peugeot said it is to invest ?100 million ($135.5 million) to launch a new model to be made at its Trnava plant in Slovakia by 2010. [via YahooNews] More >>

Peugeot to invest 100 mln eur on new small car at Slovak plant (Sharewatch) [Apr 16, 2007] The new car will share a platform with the Peugeot-branded 207 small car, which is already made at Trnava, 50 km from the capital Bratislava, the plant's manager Alain Baldeyrou told Agance France-Presse. [via YahooNews] More >>

Carmakers turn Slovakia into Detroit of the east (Los Angeles Times) [Feb 26, 2007] Manufacturers, including Kia and Peugeot, are drawn to the country because of its proximity to European markets, its skilled workforce and its low wages and taxes. On the outskirts of Zilina in the northwest of Slovakia, production is ramping up at the sprawling Kia Motors Corp. factory, the newest of the country's three car plants. [via YahooNews] More >>

There's Detroit and there's Trnava (International Herald Tribune) [Nov 25, 2006] Car production in Eastern Europe is surging as foreign car companies rush to acquire local carmakers or build factories in the former Soviet republics. Left, Peugeot officially opened a new factory last month in Trnava, Slovakia. The plant is expected to employ up to 3,500 and churn out as many as 300,000 compact cars a year. [via YahooNews] More >>

SLOVAKIA: PSA officially opens 207 plant (just-auto) [Oct 19, 2006] Following a series production start last June, the new PSA Peugeot Citro?n plant in Trnava, Slovakia was officially opened on Thursday (19 October) by Peugeot chairman Thierry Peugeot, and CEO Jean-Martin Folz. [via YahooNews] More >>

Motor Trader - Hot News (Motor Trader) [Jun 27, 2006] MPs MPs pile pressure Peugeot is under growing political pressure to review its decision to close its Ryton plant next year and replace it with a new lower cost facility in Slovakia . [via YahooNews] More >>

Flying the flag is no use in a global world (Guardian Unlimited) [Jun 14, 2006] Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley (Jobs we can't afford to lose, June 13) are understandably angry at Peugeot's relocation to Slovakia and the consequent job losses at Ryton, but calls on consumers to boycott the company and back British workers are doomed. [via YahooNews] More >>

Letters: Flying the flag is no use in a global world (Guardian Unlimited) [Jun 14, 2006] Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley (Jobs we can't afford to lose, June 13) are understandably angry at Peugeot's relocation to Slovakia and the consequent job losses at Ryton, but calls on consumers to boycott the company and back British workers are doomed. [via YahooNews] More >>

Peugeot aims to accelerate recovery plan (International Herald Tribune) [May 25, 2006] Peugeot has had a troubled three years, and executives are determined to fix it. [via YahooNews] More >>

Peugeot workers join gloomy May Day march on the capital (ic Birmingham) [May 02, 2006] Workers from Peugeot's doomed Ryton plant joined thousands of marchers yesterday for a traditional May Day rally, with job cuts, insecurity and pensions at the top of the agenda. [via YahooNews] More >>

Peugeot workers join gloomy May Day march on the capital (ic Birmingham) [May 02, 2006] Workers from Peugeot's doomed Ryton plant joined thousands of marchers yesterday for a traditional May Day rally, with job cuts, insecurity and pensions at the top of the agenda. [via YahooNews] More >>

Peugeot workers join gloomy May Day march on the capital (ic Birmingham) [May 02, 2006] Workers from Peugeot's doomed Ryton plant joined thousands of marchers yesterday for a traditional May Day rally, with job cuts, insecurity and pensions at the top of the agenda. [via YahooNews] More >>

Peugeot workers join gloomy May Day march on the capital (ic Birmingham) [May 02, 2006] Workers from Peugeot's doomed Ryton plant joined thousands of marchers yesterday for a traditional May Day rally, with job cuts, insecurity and pensions at the top of the agenda. [via YahooNews] More >>

Peugeot workers join gloomy May Day march on the capital (ic Birmingham) [May 02, 2006] Workers from Peugeot's doomed Ryton plant joined thousands of marchers yesterday for a traditional May Day rally, with job cuts, insecurity and pensions at the top of the agenda. [via YahooNews] More >>