Stellantis temporarily closes plants

Sales Crisis Stellantis Temporarily Closes Plants

2025-09-25 Source: dpa 1 min Reading Time

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Stellantis responds to an ongoing sales crisis and closes several plants. The interruptions range from two days to several weeks.

Stellantis temporarily closes several vehicle plants due to low sales.(Image: Stellantis) — Stellantis temporarily closes several vehicle plants due to low sales.
(Image: Stellantis)

Stellantis must temporarily close plants due to the sales crisis. The production rhythm will be adjusted in some plants in Europe through temporary closures, Stellantis announced following media reports on production interruptions in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Poland. The automobile manufacturer aims to align the production pace with the challenging market in Europe while simultaneously reducing inventories.

According to an Opel spokesperson, the plant in Eisenach will close for two days. The two working days will be compensated through the employees' working time account.

Plants Close for Several Weeks

The French business newspaper Les Échos reports that the plant in Poissy, France, will close for three weeks, the plant in Zaragoza, Spain, for seven days, and the one in Tychy, Poland, for nine days. According to the report, the Stellantis plant in Madrid is also affected with a production stoppage of 14 days, as well as the one in Pomigliano, Italy, with a stoppage of 15 days.

13 Percent Less Revenue in The First Half of 2025

In the first half of the year, Stellantis had to accept a revenue decline of 13 percent to 74.3 billion euros and a sales decrease of seven percent. In Europe, the decline in sales was around eight percent. According to the broadcaster France Info, the sale of electric vehicles, in particular, stalled.

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