Gasoline and diesel engine production will be relocated to Steyr and Hams Hall in England by 2024 at the latest.
The German car manufacturer BMW is gradually relocating gasoline and diesel engine production at the main Munich plant to Steyr in Austria and Hams Hall in England by 2024 at the latest.
The 1,000 employees affected would be offered other jobs at BMW in Munich or other locations in Bavaria, said production director Milan Nedeljković on Wednesday.
BMW is building a new assembly plant geared towards electric vehicles on the site of the Munich engine plant.
It should go into operation in 2026 and cost 400 million euros. “This decision is a model for a successful transformation in German industry,” said Works Council Chairman Manfred Schoch. The
Transformation of the main plant
The construction of a new assembly in the almost 100-year-old BMW parent plant shows “that transformation, if you approach it strategically and courageously, can secure and expand industrial jobs even in the middle of a big city”.
In Steyr, BMW has already built a new assembly line for gasoline engines with an annual capacity of 180,000 to 360,000 units for EUR 102 million.
The line has been running in a single shift since the end of September. At the same time, 25 million euros were spent this year on the production of electric drive housings.
