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Cassino Plant Shutdown: Stellantis Faces Prolonged Challenges

Production Delays Highlight Struggles in Italy’s Automotive Sector...

The Stellantis Cassino Assembly Plant in Italy is facing yet another setback as production halts extend into 2025. Initially slated to resume operations on January 15th, inside sources now suggest the plant may remain idle until at least January 27th, possibly even February 3rd.

This prolonged shutdown comes on the heels of a challenging 2024, where the plant saw a staggering 45% drop in deliveries compared to the previous year. The facility, which currently produces the Alfa Romeo Stelvio, Giulia, and Maserati Grecale, is operating at a fraction of its former capacity.

Stellantis Cassino Assembly Plant. (Stellantis).

Gennaro D’Avino, Provincial Secretary of Uilm-Uil, bluntly stated the core issue: “The problem is the lack of orders.” This sentiment is echoed by Mirko Marsella of Fim-Cisl, who grimly predicts that “2025 is expected to be worse than 2024.”

The plant’s workforce has already shrunk from about 5,000 employees in 2017 to just 2,500 today. In 2024, workers faced approximately 60 days of production stoppage through Solidarity Contracts, a measure now extended into the first quarter of 2025.

Alfa Romeo Giulia production at the Cassino Assembly Plant. (Stellantis).

Stellantis isn’t just battling production issues at Cassino. The company has announced temporary shutdowns at other Italian plants, including Termoli and Mirafiori, citing the need to adjust production to current market conditions.

Looking ahead, Stellantis plans to transition the Cassino plant to produce electric and hybrid versions of the Stelvio and Giulia on the STLA Large platform by 2026. However, this future promise does little to alleviate current concerns, especially for the plant’s suppliers. For instance, 32 workers at De Vizia, a cleaning contractor, face potential dismissal by February 1st if quick interventions aren’t made.

Stellantis Cassino Assembly Plant. (Stellantis).

As Stellantis grapples with these challenges, the broader Italian automotive sector watches closely. The company’s recent commitment to invest €2 billion ($2.2 billion USD) in Italian production in 2025 offers a glimmer of hope, but for now, the Cassino plant’s struggles serve as a stark reminder of the hurdles facing traditional automakers in an evolving industry landscape.

Robert S. Miller

Robert S. Miller is a diehard Mopar enthusiast who lives and breathes all that is Mopar. The Michigander is not only the Editor for MoparInsiders.com, 5thGenRams.com, and HDRams.com but an automotive photographer. He is an avid fan of offshore powerboat racing, which he travels the country to take part in.

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Now some folks, suffering the financial consequences of these idiots are finally facing reality. That’s point one on this situation.
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These two very tight and balanced vehicles have become so long in tooth they just can’t cut it with their competition with less impressive interiors, outdated tech and the same package for years and years. In essence workers suffer as management sought to squeeze every euro they could without spending on a serious update. It also reflects the redirection of scarce resources need to improve traditional product into the rabbit hole of electrification. Billions wasted on something hair brain that few wanted. They clearly still don’t.
It’s a mess, the progressive mindset is at fault and the road back is long and difficult as a result. Hopefully the massive right ward swing globally will usher in a new world order of clear thinking, common sense and following the axioms of the free market explained so many years ago by Adam Smith in his “ Wealth of Nations” .
Read it and prosper.

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This is the direct result of global political radicalization on climate and gross mismanagement by politicians and corporate executives caught up in this massive hoax. Here presented is a stark reality of ignoring the will of the people because you are just so much smarter than they are. Carlos and his enablers were simply elitist, arrogant, egotists who navigated there way to power and made a mess.
Now some folks, suffering the financial consequences of these idiots are finally facing reality. That’s point one on this situation.
Point two is the product. I shopped the Stelvio six years ago and was impressed by many of its characteristics, but its information platform at launch was already outdated and inferior to the one I had in my three year old Jeep Cherokee. I was not impressed by the turbo four, as the seat of my paints feel felt it about equal to my Jeeps six and less smooth or quiet. I bought another Cherokee and never regretted.
These two very tight and balanced vehicles have become so long in tooth they just can’t cut it with their competition with less impressive interiors, outdated tech and the same package for years and years. In essence workers suffer as management sought to squeeze every euro they could without spending on a serious update. It also reflects the redirection of scarce resources need to improve traditional product into the rabbit hole of electrification. Billions wasted on something hair brain that few wanted. They clearly still don’t.
It’s a mess, the progressive mindset is at fault and the road back is long and difficult as a result. Hopefully the massive right ward swing globally will usher in a new world order of clear thinking, common sense and following the axioms of the free market explained so many years ago by Adam Smith in his “ Wealth of Nations” .
Read it and prosper.

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