Opel announces 2,100 job cuts in Germany

Peugeot subsidiary Opel said Tuesday it would offer 2,100 more German workers voluntary redundancies, as it struggles to stay afloat faced with collapsing demand and an EU emissions squeeze.

"The voluntary leave programme will be reopened for employees ... limited to a maximum of 2,100 positions," the company said in a statement.

But it added that forced redundancies would be ruled out until at least 2025.

Meanwhile Opel's main Ruesselsheim plant will be outfitted to produce the next generation Astra sedan in both internal combustion and hybrid versions - "providing the perspective for many years of manufacturing".