MILAN (Reuters) – French-Italian carmaker Stellantis will transfer the meeting line of its Grugliasco plant near Turin to close by Mirafiori to extend effectivity, the FIM CISL union stated on Monday.

All staff in Grugliasco will transfer to Mirafiori by 2024, FIM CISL added.

Grugliasco, the place Stellantis makes some Maserati fashions, is simply 4 km from Mirafiori. Its 1,100 staff have moved between the 2 websites based mostly on manufacturing wants.

Since Stellantis was shaped initially of this yr by way of the merger of Fiat Chrysler and France’s PSA, manufacturing in Italy has been below scrutiny for costing greater than elsewhere in Europe.

After overhauling its Melfi plant in southern Italy in June, Stellantis is now specializing in rationalising its operations within the northern metropolis of Turin.

All Maserati manufacturing on the so-called Turin hub will probably be concentrated in Mirafiori the place Stellantis already makes the electrical model of its 500 mannequin, FIM CISL stated.

The union added that the brand new e-segment Maserati sedans would even be assigned to Mirafiori.

FIM CISL introduced particulars of the brand new manufacturing organisation as union representatives and Stellantis executives met business and labour ministers in Rome.

In June, Stellantis determined to base future manufacturing at Melfi, its largest facility within the nation, on a single enhanced line that may merge two present ones with unchanged capability. It would construct 4 medium-segment electrical automobiles, of various manufacturers, from 2024.

The carmaker additionally stated in July it could construct one in every of its three European battery factories in Italy, on the Termoli web site, which presently makes inside combustion engines.