FCA plant in Melfi

The FCA Melfi plant is an automotive plant of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles . It is located in the Italian region of Basilicata , a few kilometers north of Melfi in the town of San Nicola.

history

The former Fiat factory was built between 1991 and 1993 on an area of 270 hectares. The state supported construction in the agricultural area in order to promote the local economy and create jobs. Under the name Società Automobilistica Tecnologie Avanzate (SATA), a highly automated production facility was created that went into operation in 1994. Initially the Fiat Punto was built in Melfi , and from 1996 the Lancia Y as well , because both models shared a number of components. In 1999 the system in Melfi was modernized for the second generation of the Punto, and then again in 2003 for the Lancia Ypsilon (843) . In 2004, the factory went on strike for three weeks because of the wages that were 20 percent lower than other Fiat factories at the time and other disadvantages, whereupon Fiat complied with the strikers' demands. In 2005, Fiat relocated production of the Lancia Ypsilon to the Termini Imerese plant in Sicily, which was closed a few years later. The second generation of the Punto was left in Melfi, followed by the Fiat Grande Punto and the Fiat Punto Evo . In 2010 there were further strikes because of staff cuts and higher productivity demands. In mid-2013, the modernization of the plant for the production of the Jeep Renegade and the Fiat 500X began . Due to the positive development, not only could the staff dismissed from 2010 be reinstated, staff from the FCA plants Cassino and Pomigliano d'Arco were also transferred to Melfi and new staff were hired.

Others

Next to the FCA plant are suppliers and a factory for the Barilla food company . The facilities are on the Potenza - Foggia railway line .

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41.075763 15.71591Coordinates: 41 ° 4 ′ 32.7 " N , 15 ° 42 ′ 57.3" E