Overview
- The insolvent Segula Technologies GmbH will close testing operations in Rodgau-Dudenhofen and Rüsselsheim after failing to secure an investor.
- A total of 287 testing employees are being terminated at the end of October, with a small team retained to wind down operations through year-end.
- Opel will temporarily idle the Dudenhofen proving ground starting November 1 as negotiations with potential new operators continue.
- Opel is funding a transfer company for 82 mainly long-serving Dudenhofen staff, and the lack of a similar offer in Rüsselsheim drew criticism from IG Metall.
- Segula cited the Rüsselsheim site's uncertain power supply as a deterrent for buyers, while the holding and engineering services units remain unaffected.