FCA Srbija

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FCA Srbija doo Kragujevac
legal form doo
founding September 29, 2008
Seat Kragujevac , Serbia
Number of employees 2400
Branch Automobile manufacturing
Website www.fiatsrbija.rs

FCA Srbija doo Kragujevac is a Serbian automobile manufacturer based in Kragujevac . The successor company to Zastava is a joint venture between Fiat Chrysler (67%) and the Serbian government (33%).

history

The joint venture agreement with a term of ten years was signed on September 29, 2008. In this contract, Fiat was granted tax and duty exemption until 2018.

The plant was extensively modernized for the start of production of the Fiat 500L in 2012. In the three-year renovation phase, around one billion euros were invested in infrastructure, buildings, machinery and production systems. Today FCA Srbija is one of the most modern Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) plants in the world.

Up to 2500 people were involved in the renovation. Theoretical production capacity should then be 700 copies per day or 200,000–300,000 vehicles per year. The targeted numbers were not achieved. The previous production record from 2014 was 116,000 copies. Thereafter, 91,769 vehicles (2015) and around 92,000 vehicles (2017) were produced. In 2016, FCA Srbija was the largest export company in the Republic of Serbia.

The working atmosphere is characterized by dissatisfaction, labor disputes and (due to insufficient demand) temporary plant closings. After the initial three-shift operation, the company switched back to two shifts in 2016. The infrastructure measures originally promised by the Serbian government (motorway and better rail connections) had not yet been implemented by 2018.

At the end of 2018, the company had around 2,400 employees.

After the contract period had expired, both sides emphasized that they wanted to continue the cooperation.

Models

After the takeover by Fiat, the Zastava models Skala , Yugo and Florida were manufactured until November 2008 .

In March 2009 the first copies of the Fiat Punto 188 were produced. This model was also temporarily restored from 2013.

The Fiat 500L has been produced in various versions for the international market since 2012 .

The contractually agreed introduction of a new model for 2014, however, did not take place.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Snezana Bjelotomic: Fiat to start producing a small SUV in Kragujevac. In: Serbian Monitor. December 3, 2018, accessed January 12, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Fiat Group to widen its presence in Serbia ( Memento from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (English, PDF)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Marcello Di Meglio: Reportage FCA. La fabbrica Fiat in Serbia e il senso per gli affari di Sergio Marchionne. In: ligurianotizie.it. July 29, 2018, accessed January 12, 2019 (Italian).
  4. ↑ Fiat News - Fiat 500L plant in Kragujevac, Serbia celebrates - 500,000 Fiat 500L manufactured. In: fiat.de. February 23, 2018, accessed January 11, 2019 .
  5. ↑ FIAT 500L: 500 goes large (press pack). In: fiatpress.co.uk. February 28, 2013, accessed January 11, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Srđan Bogetić, Snežana Lekić, Zorana Antić: 21st Century Challenges in Strategic Management . In: VII International Symposium Engineering Management and Competitiveness 2017 (EMC 2017) . Zrenjanin 2017, p. 45-50 ( uns.ac.rs [PDF]).
  7. ↑ Thomas Roser: Zastava: Only the air in the tires is Serbian. In: diepresse.com. March 12, 2009, archived from the original on April 16, 2019 .;
  8. ^ First Punto assembled at Zastava plant. In: b92.net. March 30, 2009, accessed January 12, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Punto Classic is Fiat's secret weapon in Serbia ( Memento from October 27, 2018 in the Internet Archive )