NF500 / car factory

Over 500 people have been hired at the Fiat car factory in Tychy, Poland, in the past six months in order to meet production demands for the new Fiat 500.

According to Fiat Auto Poland spokesman Boguslaw Cieslar employment in the factory may as much as double when the new Ford Ka starts rolling off the assembly lines.  When the factory reaches its target capacity in 2009 it will turn out half a million cars a year, becoming one of the largest Fiat production sites in the World.

This year’s plan envisages the production of 366,000 units, 58,000 more than in 2006.  The factory turned out 205,000 cars during the January-July 2007 period, 16,000 more than in the same duration last year.

In autumn the new 500 will hit Fiat dealerships in Germany, Spain, Portugal and Poland, and next year in Britain and other markets.