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Opel Announces New Plant Manager at Kaiserslautern

Opel Announces New Plant Manager at Kaiserslautern

Today, Opel announced that Peter Winternheimer has been promoted to become the new plant manager at the German automaker’s Kaiserslautern manufacturing plant. Winternheimer will officially be put in charge of the engine and component plant in western Palatinate at the beginning of next month, on August 1, 2016. The 47-year-old plant manager is succeeding Manfred […]

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Opel Adds Three German Schools to Formula Student Competition

Opel Adds Three German Schools to Formula Student Competition

Opel this week announced that it will be supporting student racing teams from Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, and Ravensburg as part of its three-year sponsorship of the Formula Student educational competition. The addition brings the total number of German student teams supported by Opel to nine and the total number of international teams to 16. The nine […]

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Opel Diesel Engine Supplies Foundation for OXE Outboard Boat Engine

Opel Diesel Engine Supplies Foundation for OXE Outboard Boat Engine

Opel, you may or may not be aware, is also a manufacturer of engines for boats. This month, the automaker announced that its 2.0-liter diesel engine has been adapted by Cimco Marine AB for use as an outboard engine on high-performance boats. Taking the name OXE—the Swedish word for ox—the four-cylinder engine provides 200 horsepower […]

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Pieter Ruts to Succeed Elvira Tölkes as Plant Manager in Eisenach

Pieter Ruts to Succeed Elvira Tölkes as Plant Manager in Eisenach

  Opel has announced that Pieter Ruts will succeed Elvira Tölkes as the Plant Manager at its facility in Eisenach, effective September 1st. Tölkes will be moving to Opel’s company headquarters in Rüsselsheim in order to take the position of Opel and Vauxhall’s Vice President of Quality for Europe. Ruts, 33, is currently the Assistant Plant […]