German carmaker Opel prepares to commemorate the 125th anniversary of its plant at Rüsselsheim in western Germany on Saturday.
The event is to be commemorated with an open day, with some prominent visitors in presence, consisting of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Visitors will have the ability to get an impression of how the maker is assisting to form the shift to electromobility, the business stated.
In 1899, the then stitching device and bike maker developed its very first automobile, the Patentmotorwagen System Lutzmann. Opel had actually formerly taken control of the works of leader Friedrich Lutzmann and moved it from Dessau to Rüsselsheim.
After nearly 90 years as part of the United States group General Motors, Opel was taken control of by the Peugeot moms and dad business PSA in 2017, which has actually considering that combined with Fiat-Chrysler to form Stellantis.
The only German brand name in the US-European group went back to success numerous years earlier after countless task cuts and a scaling down program for its websites in other places in Germany.