PSA Aulnay-sous-Bois Plant
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The PSA Aulnay-sous-Bois Plant is a former car plant in France, producing approximately 135,700 cars in 2011. The plant was acquired by the PSA Group in 1976 when Peugeot took a majority stake in the Citroën company which had built the plant. The plant is located on the northern edge of Paris at Aulnay-sous-Bois, close to the A1, A3 and A104 autoroutes.
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Built | 1972 |
Location | Aulnay-sous-Bois, France |
Coordinates | 48°57′48″N 2°28′59″E |
Industry | Automotive |
Products | cars |
Employees | 3,500 (2012) |
Area | 168.5 ha |
Defunct | 2014 |
The plant became active on 24 April 1973,[1] just one month before Citroën and Fiat announced their "divorce", ending a collaboration agreement entered into seven years earlier, in 1968.[1]
The Aulnay plant's closure was scheduled for 2014, but in the end this was brought forward and the last car came off the line in October 2013.
The plant incorporated manufacturing, painting and assembly departments including, between 1979 and 2008, two assembly lines and all the ancillary activities of an integrated car plant. It also housed two divisions unique within the PSA group:
- The "Anti-pollution" department is where the emissions of all new models were measured: it was due for closure in August 2012.
- The "Citroën repository", opened in 2001 is where examples of all the brand's former models were gathered: the repository is not a museum and is not normally open to visitors.