2012-05-17
Rüsselsheim. As part of its plan to revitalize its operations in Europe, Opel/Vauxhall today confirmed it will allocate production of its next-generation Astra compact car model to its manufacturing plants in Ellesmere Port, UK and Gliwice, Poland ...
2012-05-14
Rüsselsheim. During today’s extraordinary all-employee meeting, Opel/Vauxhall CEO Karl-Friedrich Stracke, provided a rough outline of a plan for returning Opel/Vauxhall to profitability as quickly as possible. Following are the plan’s 10 key cornerstones ...
2012-05-10
“As part of the initial announcement earlier this year, GM/Opel and PSA stated their intent to cooperate in several areas including product development "...
2012-05-06
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reports in its Sunday evening online edition (May 6) that the Opel Astra in the future will only be produced in England and Poland ...
2012-04-27
Rüsselsheim. Harald Hamprecht (37), editor-in-chief of the trade magazine Automotive News Europe, will join Opel/Vauxhall on May 1, 2012. He is named General Director, Product & Corporate Communications ...
2012-04-26
Rüsselsheim. The 500,000th Opel Insignia has left the assembly line of the Rüsselsheim plant in Germany in a ceremony attended by the Plant Director Axel Scheiben. The vehicle in question is a white Insignia Sports Tourer ...
2012-03-29
Rüsselsheim. Following today's speculation in the "Handelsblatt" newspaper in which Opel is said to be considering the sale of its Eisenach plant ...
2012-03-28
Rüsselsheim. Today, the Opel Supervisory Board convened for a regularly scheduled meeting. No further announcements will be made at this time ...
2012-03-28
Rüsselsheim. The Opel Supervisory Board appointed Alfred Rieck (55) as the new Management Board member in charge of Sales, Marketing and Aftersales, effective July 1, 2012 ...
2012-03-22
DETROIT/PARIS – General Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroën today announced the creation of their joint Alliance Steering Committee, consisting of five senior executives from each company ...
2012-02-29
NEW YORK – General Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroën today announced the creation of a long-term and broad-scale global strategic alliance that will leverage the combined strengths and capabilities of the two companies, contribute to the profitability of both partners and strongly improve their competitiveness in Europe.
2012-02-15
Rüsselsheim. Opel and its European dealers have signed a new contract framework in line with the latest European regulations effective from June 2013 ...
2012-02-09
Rüsselsheim. Opel Board Member in charge of Sales, Marketing & Aftersales, Alain Visser, has been promoted to a new senior position with global responsibility at Chevrolet ...
2012-02-06
Rüsselsheim. Opel/Vauxhall CEO and General Motors Europe President, Karl-Friedrich Stracke, today announced another change to the Adam Opel AG Management Board ...
2012-01-26
Rüsselsheim. Opel/Vauxhall CEO and General Motors Europe President, Karl-Friedrich Stracke, today announced a change to the Adam Opel AG Management Board ...
2011-12-19
Rüsselsheim. At midnight on New Year’s Eve, Opel employees will not just be raising their glasses to the New Year but will be toasting the start of the 150th anniversary year of Opel ...
2011-12-15
Ruesselsheim. Management, the Works Council and the Supervisory Board of Adam Opel AG are all in agreement that Opel has to become profitable, even in times of tough economic headwinds ...
2011-12-07
Rüsselsheim. The Opel plant in Eisenach (Germany) has celebrated the topping out of a new factory hall as part of a plant extension, ready for the production start of Opel’s future urban small car – currently known under the codename “Junior” ...
2011-11-21
Detroit/Ruesselsheim. General Motors Vice Chairman Stephen Girsky has been named Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Adam Opel AG, effective immediately...
2011-11-07
DETROIT - General Motors today announced that Nick Reilly, president of GM Europe, has elected to retire in March 2012. His 37-year GM career included senior leadership positions in Asia, Europe and Latin America ...
2011-10-13
Rüsselsheim/Rotkreuz. Starting in November this year, the revolutionary electric Opel Ampera will be available to lease following a Europe-wide agreement between Opel and LeasePlan, one of Europe’s leading international leasing companies ...
2011-07-14
Turin, Italy - General Motors will invest 20 million € in the company’s Powertrain Engineering Center in Torino throughout the next four years ...
2011-07-06
Rüsselsheim. Opel considerably increased sales across Europe in the first half of 2011 compared to the same time period last year. In the first six months of this year, vehicle sales grew by more than 50,000 cars, or 8.2 percent ...
2011-06-30
Rüsselsheim. It is not normal practice for Opel to comment on any matters reviewed at the Opel Supervisory Board. However, in light of the recent speculation in the media and elsewhere, it has been decided to issue a statement on the discussion of this matter at the Supervisory Board ...
2011-06-28
Rüsselsheim. The Hungarian Prime Minister and EU Council Chairman Viktor Orbán visited Adam Opel AG to learn about the company’s strategy for sustainable mobility ...
2011-06-07
Rüsselsheim. In May Opel achieved the seventh consecutive month of market share growth in Europe compared to the corresponding months last year. European market share increased from 5.8 percent in May 2010 to 6.3 percent in May 2011 ...
2011-05-12
Rüsselsheim. Opel/Vauxhall plans extra shifts in the Gliwice (Poland) and Ellesmere Port (United Kingdom) plants to meet the high demand for the Astra Sports Tourer and the five-door Astra ...
2011-04-12
Szentgotthárd. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and GM Europe President Nick Reilly laid the foundation stone for a new Opel/Vauxhall engine plant in Szentgotthárd in southwest Hungary ...
2011-04-11
Rüsselsheim. At its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of Adam Opel AG elected Karl-Friedrich Stracke as the new head of the company ...
2011-04-06
Rüsselsheim. Opel is continuing its upward progress in the automobile market. The manufacturer’s European market share increased once again in March, reaching 6.9 percent, compared to 6.7 percent for the same month last year ...
2011-03-24
Rüsselsheim/Boulogne-Billancourt. Opel/Vauxhall and Renault today announced the production locations for the next generation of the successful Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro and Renault Trafic models. Production is scheduled to start in 2013 ...
2011-03-17
Detroit - General Motors today named Karl-Friedrich Stracke CEO of Opel/Vauxhall, effective April 1, and announced its plans to nominate him to be Chairman of the Management Board of Adam Opel AG ...
2011-03-10
DETROIT – General Motors Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell today announced that he will leave the company April 1, 2011, having completed the largest public offering in history and stabilizing the company’s financial operations.
2011-01-24
Detroit/Rüsselsheim. General Motors reported today that it delivered 8,389,769 vehicles globally in calendar year 2010, a 12.2 percent increase from 2009 deliveries of 7,477,178 ...
2011-01-05
Rüsselsheim. As of today, Opel will once again operate as a stock corporation. The court in Darmstadt officially approved the application that was filed in November following the shareholder’s decision to pursue a change of the company’s legal form ...
2010-12-16
Rüsselsheim. In the production of vehicles and components, Opel/Vauxhall is committed to waste avoidance and to the recycling and recovery of unavoidable production waste in its European manufacturing network of eleven plants ...
2010-11-29
Turin/Rüsselsheim. The Automobile Sector of the Fiat Group (Fiat Group Automobiles SpA, Turin, Italy) and Adam Opel GmbH (Rüsselsheim, Germany) have signed a contract agreement whereby Fiat will supply vehicles comprising of several variants to Opel commencing December 2011 ...
2010-11-26
Rüsselsheim/Singapore. The Opel Flextreme GT/E concept car has been recognized by an international jury for its outstanding design ...
2010-11-23
Rüsselsheim. The Adam Opel GmbH has officially filed an application to change the company’s legal form into a stock corporation (AG) ...
2010-11-15
London/Rüsselsheim. Singer/songwriter Katie Melua, one of the world’s top music stars, is Opel’s new brand ambassador ...
2010-11-08
Rüsselsheim. Seats, relationships, city life, an investigation of the virtual world and new materials ...
2010-11-04
Shanghai – General Motors today became the first global automaker to sell 2 million vehicles in China in a single year. “This is another important milestone ...
2010-11-03
Berlin/Rüsselsheim. The Opel Meriva has won the Golden Steering Wheel Award 2010, continuing in the footsteps of Opel vehicles in internationally renowned automotive ...
2010-11-03
DETROIT, Mich. – General Motors Company announced today that for the third quarter, ending September 30, 2010, the company expects to generate ...
2010-11-03
DETROIT, Mich. – General Motors Company today announced it has commenced a public offering ...
2010-10-01
Paris/Rüsselsheim. Opel was honored with a first-ever safety award for its Opel Eye system by Euro NCAP, the consumer safety organization ...
2010-09-23
Ruesselsheim. Opel/Vauxhall will build its latest model, an all-new small car below the Corsa, at its Eisenach plant in the east German state of Thuringia. ...
2010-09-22
Rüsselsheim/Santiago. Starting next year, Opel will begin selling vehicles in Chile, making it the first country in Latin America to launch the German brand ...
2010-09-21
Budapest/Ruesselsheim. Opel is expanding its operation in Szentgotthárd in southwest Hungary ...
2010-09-17
Renault and Opel/Vauxhall announce that they will continue their cooperation ...
2010-09-15
Kaiserslautern. Opel/Vauxhall strengthens its Kaiserslautern site by expanding engine production and introducing a new structure for component manufacturing ...
2010-09-04
Rüsselsheim. Eurovision Song Contest Winner 2010 Lena Meyer-Landrut of Germany gave a surprise one-hour concert today at the end of Opel’s Day of the Open Door ...
2010-08-30
Rüsselsheim/Petah Tikva - Opel confirmed today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Shlomo Group to import and distribute Opel vehicles and ...
2010-08-16
General Motors and Motors Liquidation Company (MLC) signed an agreement under which GM ...
2010-08-12
DETROIT – General Motors today said that Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. will step down as chief executive officer on September 1, 2010, and as chairman of the board by the end of the year, having successfully led the company’s return to profitability after the most turbulent period in its history.
2010-06-16
General Motors and Opel/Vauxhall have decided to withdraw all applications for government loan guarantees across Europe ...
2010-05-21
Rüsselsheim. Opel/Vauxhall management and employee representatives reached a European-wide tentative agreement in support of the company’s Plan for the Future ...
2010-05-20
Rüsselsheim. Today, a regular meeting of the Opel/Vauxhall European Employee Forum – a body which includes company management and employee representatives from all over Europe – took place in Rüsselsheim ...
2010-05-19
Rüsselsheim. Opel continues to maintain that all questions were answered to the German guarantee committee ...
2010-05-19
Rüsselsheim. The Adam Opel GmbH Supervisory Board decided in its meeting yesterday to extend the mandate of Holger Kimmes as Management Board member for personnel for an additional 3 years as of November 1st, 2010 ...
2010-05-17
DETROIT, Mich. – General Motors Company today announced its first quarter 2010 results, marked by revenue of $31.5 billion and operating income of $1.2 billion. Net income attributable to common stockholders was $0.9 billion, resulting in earnings per share on a diluted basis of $1.66 ...
2010-05-04
Berlin/Rüsselsheim. Opel welcomes the German government’s initiative in gathering key stakeholders to discuss how to move the country on the road to clean mobility
2010-04-28
Opel employees in Antwerp yesterday voted to support a plan that allows Opel to withdraw from the plant in a socially responsible way. The cornerstone is a social plan that will be offered to all employees at the plant ...
2010-04-16
Rüsselsheim. Insurance company Allianz has awarded its “Genius 2010” prize to Opel for its safety lighting system AFL+ ...
2010-04-07
DETROIT, Mich. – General Motors Company announced that it had completed fresh-start accounting, and would be filing its third quarter 2009 Form 10-Q and 2009 Form 10-K with the SEC today ...
2010-03-12
Rüsselsheim. Opel/Vauxhall today made significant progress in the implementation of its viability plan
2010-03-03
Ruesselsheim / Geneva. Opel/Vauxhall today announced that its parent company General Motors will contribute a substantial €1.9 billion funding package ...
2010-03-02
Geneva. Opel sharpens its brand profile and underscores its leading role in flexibility, design and environmentally friendliness at the 80th International Auto Show in Geneva. In addition to the world debut ...
2010-03-02
Nick Reilly, Alain Visser, Rita Forst, Mark Adams
2010-02-09
Chief Executive Officer Nick Reilly today announced an ambitious five-year €11 billion Plan for the Future that will reinvigorate 80 percent of Opel/Vauxhall carlines and place a strong ...
2010-02-01
Opel/Vauxhall management met today with the company’s European Employee representatives. Both parties discussed the next steps in conjunction with the ...
2010-01-29
Rüsselsheim. Opel CEO Nick Reilly today announced another member of the Opel leadership team ...
2010-01-26
Rüsselsheim. Opel CEO Nick Reilly today named a new member to the Opel leadership team. Effective February 1, Volker Hoff has been appointed Vice President, Government Affairs, for Opel ...
2010-01-25
DETROIT – Edward E. Whitacre, Jr., has agreed to continue as chairman and CEO of General Motors, it was announced today ....
2010-01-21
Brussels/Rüsselsheim. As Opel moves quickly on its way towards a viable future, the company announced today the intent to wind down its manufacturing plant in Antwerp, Belgium in the course of 2010 ....
2010-01-19
At the end of last week I was pleased to announce the members of the Opel/Vauxhall leadership Team that resides centrally in Rüsselsheim. We are joined, of course, by the ...
2010-01-15
Hans Demant stepped down as Managing Director of Adam Opel GmbH and has subsequently been named to the position of GM Vice President, Global Intellectual Property Rights ...
2010-01-15
The Adam Opel GmbH Supervisory Board today appointed the new Management Board of the company. The new CEO and leader of the company will be Nick Reilly. In this capacity, he will be responsible for all Opel/Vauxhall activities worldwide. ....
2009-12-15
Walter G. Borst (48) today has been elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Adam Opel GmbH. His ties with Opel go back to the nineties when he served as resident controller for Opel's Rüsselsheim manufacturing plant from 1995 to 1997 ...
2009-12-14
Rüsselsheim. Opel and ALD Automotive have joined forces to create a wide-reaching leasing operation in Western Europe and Turkey. ALD Automotive will operate Opel branded leasing in France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, and Turkey ...
2009-12-06
Rüsselsheim. The following are statements made by Nick Reilly, President, GM Europe, at a telephone conference call Saturday December 5, 2009.
2009-12-04
Rüsselsheim. Three weeks after he was requested to lead the Opel/Vauxhall restructuring efforts in Europe, Nick Reilly (59) was appointed today as the new President of GM Europe ...
2009-12-04
DETROIT – To improve accountability and responsibility for market performance in North America and around the world, several key leadership changes were announced today by GM Chairman and CEO, Ed Whitacre ...
2009-12-04
Rüsselsheim. At today’s all-employee meeting at the Opel headquarters in Rüsselsheim, Opel/Vauxhall CEO Nick Reilly and Works Council Chairman Klaus Franz underscored their common ground of the company’s future ...
2009-12-02
Rüsselsheim. Marco Molinari (45), Chief Financial Officer of Adam Opel GmbH has elected to leave Opel to pursue other interests effective December 1. A successor will be announced in due course ...
2009-12-02
Rüsselsheim. Effective December 1, 2009, the shareholders of Adam Opel GmbH appointed Nick Reilly, Executive Vice President and President GM International Operations, and Walter Borst, Vice President and Treasurer, GM Corporate Finance, to represent them on the Supervisory Board of Adam Opel GmbHr ...
2009-12-01
At its monthly meeting in Detroit today, the General Motors Board of Directors accepted the resignation of Fritz Henderson as Director, President and CEO of the company ...
2009-11-28
Rüsselsheim. Talks to reach a comprehensive concept for Opel / Vauxhall’s future will be continued in the upcoming week. Management representatives will embark on detailed consultations with employee representatives and plant managers ...
2009-11-27
Rüsselsheim. Frank Weber (43) becomes the new head of Corporate and Product Planning for Opel and Vauxhall. The engineer follows Jamal El-Hout, GME Vice President Planning and Commercial Vehicle Operations, who has elected to retire by the end of the year ...
2009-11-25
Rüsselsheim. Opel/Vauxhall CEO Nick Reilly gave representatives of the European Employee Forum on Wednesday a first look at the company’s plan to make the Opel and Vauxhall brands again viable and successful.
2009-11-25
Rüsselsheim. Opel denies press agency reports today regarding the numbers involved in job reductions. The company emphasizes that the numbers are incorrect and far too exagerated ...
2009-11-25
Mainz / Kaiserslautern. Opel/Vauxhall CEO Nick Reilly confirmed shortly after he met with Rhineland Palatinate Minister President Kurt Beck that the Kaiserslautern plant ...
2009-11-24
In the one year since its launch, the Opel Insignia has captured Europe’s heart. The brand has nearly doubled its share of the European high-volume mid-size...
2009-11-23
I want to thank Vice President Guenter Verheugen's initiative to organize this important and fruitful meeting as well as his invitation to me to participate. Our discussion was very open and fair, and I am confident that we will be able to quickly bring our talks with governments, union leaders ...
2009-11-10
DETROIT – Nick Reilly, GM executive vice president and president, GM International Operations, will immediately assume responsibility for the operations of Opel/Vauxhall Europe while an external search for a new CEO commences, it was announced today.
Reilly, with extensive prior experience in Europe with the Opel and Vauxhall brands, will support the European leadership team in running the business and will oversee the creation of a strategy to position Opel/Vauxhall for long-term success.
2009-11-07
DETROIT – Carl-Peter Forster, GM group vice president and president, Opel Europe, will be leaving his role as head of European operations and will advise the company during the transition to find a new CEO, it was announced today.
With the departure of Forster, GM will initiate an immediate external search for a new CEO for Opel Europe and will work with Opel leadership, in consultation with representatives of the European Employees Forum, in moving forward with a plan that will build a strong and enduring future for the Opel/Vauxhall brands ...
2009-11-06
DETROIT – Carl-Peter Forster, GM group vice president and president, Opel Europe, will be leaving his role as head of European operations and will advise the company during the transition to find a new CEO, it was announced today.
With the departure of Forster, GM will initiate an immediate external search for a new CEO for Opel Europe and will work with Opel leadership, in consultation with representatives of the European Employees Forum, in moving forward with a plan that will build a strong and enduring future for the Opel/Vauxhall brands ...
2009-10-26
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2009-09-22
Rüsselsheim. Opel expands its initiative to promote regenerating electricity production by building a solar energy power plant on the roof of its Rüsselsheim and Kaiserslautern ...
2009-09-18
Frankfurt: Angela Merkel got behind the Astra steering wheel as Opel Supervisory Board Chair Carl-Peter Forster presented her the new Opel compact. Forster used the ...