White collar workers of Renault are hard. For the second time today and reason of nineteen layer days until the end of the year, 17,000 employees headquarters and engineering centres constructor stay at home Friday, by virtue of an agreement signed before the summer. Their social security contributions are not paid and managers leave a few days of leave.
Is - it not deprive skills, at the point where some speak of the thrill of the global automotive market "First, we're always on the bottom of the crisis, tells the"Echos"Patrick Pélata, Chief delegate. Then, this plan is one of the conditions required for a "free cash flow" positive next year. "Despite record net losses of EUR 2.7 billion in the first half, in terms of employment," better of partial unemployment as layoffs, which the social cost is very high. " After a recent plan of 6,000 voluntary departures, we want to keep the skills in place.
Beyond this measure unprecedented in the company, which is part of a much larger savings plan, the Group seeks above all to learn from this period of turbulence and hopes to gain in efficiency. "This crisis was a warning and a developer of dysfunctions, adds the right arm of Carlos Ghosn. It showed that we were not good on all of our fixed costs. These events must be the way to grow the company to simplify in depth.
Thus, is Renault now deploy a plan named "simplification-delegation programme, which aims to allow the replacement if necessary by a colleague and limit meetings among its white collar.
Until the deadline of the end of 2010, which could sound the uplift of the automotive markets in Europe, Boulogne constructor does not want to Miss necessary internal transformations. "People expect out of the crisis on the theme of"business as usual", but this is never true," says Patrick Pélata. And obviously, transformations should not be limited to the internal functioning of the group. "For the first time, the image of the car is declining." There is a beginning of divorce with individuals. Do not watch this myopic eye. For us, it is rather an opportunity.
A heavy investment
It will be understood, the number two of Renault grows its range of electric cars, intended to reconcile the public with automotive technology, from the years 2011-2012. The iron lance will be for the general public the future small Zoé, a model of the size of a Clio, that the group will build in Flins (Yvelines) and hopes to sell more than 100,000 units per year. And for businesses, the "clean" version of the Kangoo, already promised to the Maubeuge plant (North).
For a group which crops today on almost all of his expenses, investment will be heavy: Renault invest between 1.3 and 1.5 billion euros for the four models "220 volt" announced this week in Frankfurt, the specific developments of the battery and the extension of the factory of Flins. The exact sum will be not the same if the Group assumes 100 of the plant or sharing the cost with a partner. Another uncertainty, the curve of the investment could inflate according to deliver volumes. In total, taking account of the following vehicles and own Nissan models, the two allies believe together invest some EUR 4 billion in electricity. For two companies who have lost a lot of money these quarters, the failure is already prohibited.
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