
The French automotive supplier OPmobility is revising downwards its objectives for 2026, planning the closure of a factory in Germany and an R&D center in France, leading to the elimination of 770 positions in total, including 232 on the Alphatech site in Venette and 44 in Flers-en-Escrebieux, in a context of reduced activity from its customers.
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OPmobility is a French automotive equipment manufacturer which is reviewing its objectives for 2026 due to a drop in activity from its customers.
French automotive supplier OPmobility is lowering its targets for 2026 and announcing its intention to close a factory in Germany and an R&D center in France. In total, 770 positions are expected to be eliminated in the two countries. In France, the Alphatech R&D site in Venette (Oise), specializing in tanks and the electrification of heavy mobility, will close its doors. A total of 232 positions will be eliminated out of the 445 employees on this site. The remaining employees will join two other R&D centers in Lachelle (Oise) and Sigmatech in Ain. Furthermore, the equipment manufacturer plans to adapt the production capacity of the Flers-en-Escrebieux site (North) “in order to align it with the evolution of its customers’ activity”. This will result in the elimination of 44 positions.
Decrease in customer activity
Other deletions will concern the Levallois (four positions) and Labège (24) sites in Haute-Garonne. “These adjustments are part of a context of decline in development activity of…
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