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News of November 13, 2002

PSA Peugeot Citroën Doubles Capacity for 1.4-Liter HDi Diesel Engines

Paris - To meet growing demand , PSA Peugeot Citroën is bringing on stream a new line to produce 1.4-liter diesel engines at its Trémery* plant in eastern France. The engines, developed in cooperation with the Ford Motor Company, use the most recent common rail injection technology.

The new unit will have a production capacity of 2,500 engines a day, the same number produced at the Douvrin plant in northern France.

Douvrin was the first site to use the new "module" manufacturing process, developed for the 2001 launch of the 1.4-liter common rail diesel engine. This process entails developing a highly integrated production unit, easily duplicable at other sites, that comprises machining lines for the main engine components (cylinder head, crankcase, crankshaft, and connecting rod) and the related assembly lines. The module concept was also chosen for the new installations at Trémery, significantly reducing investment costs.

The 40,000 square-meter facility required an outlay of 315 million euros. In all, 300 new jobs were created, increasing to 700 the total number of people in the shop. These employees will have received an aggregate 134,000 hours of training.

Launched in April 2001, the 1.4-liter common rail diesel engine is the first developed through the cooperation agreement signed by PSA Peugeot Citroën and the Ford Motor Company. The goal of the agreement was to develop a small, lightweight diesel powerplant offering benefits and performance levels never seen before in an engine of its size.

The engine already equips the Peugeot 206 and 307, the Citroën C3 and the Ford Fiesta and Fusion.

* PSA Peugeot Citroën's Trémery facility is the world's largest diesel engine plant. It produces four-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines, including the HDI high-pressure direct injection common rail diesel engine and the HPI 16 direct injection gasoline engine. In 2001, the plant produced 1,753,000 engines, of which 83% were diesels. The plant's workforce of 4,100 people makes it the second-largest industrial employer in France's Lorraine region.

(Nov. 06, 2002)

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