Opel union accepts PSA plan to transfer employees to French engineering company

Opel's works council accepted PSA Group's plans to transfer 2,000 engineering jobs in Ruesselsheim, Germany, to the French engineering firm Segula Technologies. All 6,440 workers at Opel's engineering center will be offered severance packages or early retirement options. Of the employees who do not take one of those plans, 2,000 will then be employed by Segula, which has pledged to honor PSA's commitment to avoid layoffs until 2023.
PSA acquired the Ruesselsheim engineering center when it bought the Opel and Vauxhall brands from General Motors in 2017. The center, which once served General Motors Europe and also developed projects for GM worldwide, has excess capacity under PSA, which has been moving Opel models onto PSA platforms in an effort to cut costs by 700 euros per car.

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Comfort Systems USA Announces Acquisition

Business Wire | February 01, 2024

Comfort Systems USA, Inc. today announced that it has closed its previously announced transaction to acquire Summit Industrial Construction, LLC (“Summit”) headquartered in Houston, Texas. As previously disclosed, Summit is a specialty industrial mechanical contractor offering engineering, design-assist and turnkey, direct hire construction services of modular systems serving the advanced technology, power, and industrial sectors. Summit’s capabilities encompass a wide range of modular and site-based construction, including process piping, equipment setting, large pipe rack trestles, and related steel erection and specialty concrete work. Summit is a trusted supplier to some of the world’s largest advanced technology, power and industrial companies and is currently deployed on several major chip fabrication projects. Initially, Summit is expected to contribute annualized revenues of approximately $375 million to $400 million, and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization of $35 million to $40 million. In light of the amortization expense, Summit is expected to make a neutral to slightly accretive contribution to earnings per share in 2024 and 2025. Brian Lane, Comfort Systems USA’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are delighted to announce the closing of our agreement to acquire Summit, an extremely capable provider of modular and other complex mechanical services. Summit brings a stellar reputation as a modular technology leader in growing end markets, including multiple ongoing and large semiconductor projects. We are happy to welcome Summit’s wonderful leadership team and excellent production and craft workers across many states, and we are confident Summit will continue to innovate and grow as a part of our network of world-class contracting companies. We are grateful that Summit has chosen to become part of Comfort Systems USA.”

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