Holden 'to close Adelaide operations in 2017'

[nero_bolt]

 HOLDEN will close its Australian operations, including Elizabeth in 2017, the company has told its South Australian workforce.

The company has also told the Victorian Government that it will cease operations in 2017

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/companies/gm-to-name-mary-barra-ceo-as-holden-decision-nea...

 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/holden-to-cease-operating-in-australia-from-2017/st...

[newstart2380]

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@nero_wulf wrote:

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@lakeland27 wrote:

its a big loss.  does this government have any good news ?

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GREEDY unions, over paid workers, huge union deals and benifits drove this company out just like the unions did to GM and Ford  in Detroit. Detroit as a city has now declared bankruptcy and has no auto industry..... 

Unions have done and are still doing the same thing here in Australia 

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The unions are now trying to hold Toyota to ransom over wage deals

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/toyotas-warning-to-unions-on-future/story-fn59niix-...

THE Australian car manufacturing industry is on the brink of collapse as Toyota warns that the future of its Melbourne operations will be under threat if a cost-cutting deal is rejected by unions and Holden appears certain to close its Adelaide car plant.

Toyota warned yesterday that a no vote on a union workplace agreement would send "a very strong message to our parent company that we are not serious about transforming our business".

"This will put our ability to continue building cars in Australia at serious risk," a spokeswoman said.

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The unions and Labor (and the luvvies) and the socialist left just dont get it and this is the reult. Bye bye auto industry..... 

This closure has nothing at all to do with the LNP and pouring untold funds into a failed union industry, it has everything to do with greedy unions and Labor and the blame rests at their feet... 

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Yes Nero, thats the other side of LL's opinion and if I might say it is the real truth. If Australian workers will not agree to stoppages and insist of higher wages so we cannpt compete with overseas workers then it will go belly up. It's about facing reality but they cannot see that.

[the_great_she_elephant]

What is the average wage paid to a factory hand on the production line at Holden?

[i-need-a-martini]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

What is the average wage paid to a factory hand on the production line at Holden?

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Apparently the unions have swung it so that the poor **bleep**s on the factory line are swimming in money.

[lakeland27]

good try nerro. what did hockey the buffoon say ? ''Treasurer Joe Hockey challenges Holden to 'come clean' on its plans for car making in Australia during a fiery question time'' he bluffed, offered no help and they pilled the plug as a result.  the big goose strikes again.

50 plus years of car manufacturing down the gurgler. the 'unions' didn't close the place the so called treasurer did with his stupidity.

[spotweldersfriend]

That carbon tax is sure having an impact eh Joe?

[silverfaun]

I'm fed up with subsidising union fat to the tune of $50k per year per person working in the car industry. GMH is closing all over the world, they will go to an Asian country to manufacture because there is no entrenched union thuggery bleeding the company dry.

The greedy unions killed the goose, destroyed their own jobs. Good riddance to the lot of the rent seeking car manufacturers, we can't afford to keep them going any longer. The economic horizon is bad & it's going to get worse.

The rusties will scream & bleat, blame everybody except themselves,but where was the outrage when Mitsubishi & Ford went??? This is Labor playing the spoiler, Parliament is virtually unworkable with this mob who just can't take it that they lost to a superior political machine.

[nero_bolt]

HOLDEN'S shutdown will see the once iconic Aussie company become a shell of its former self and import most of its cars from the neighbouring Asian countries that have forced it to abandon its factories.

The iconic car maker triggered a storm of outrage after announcing it will no longer manufacture cars here from 2017, cutting 2900 jobs across its Australian operations.

GENERAL MOTORS CEO TOLD MIKE DEVEREUX TO SHUT HOLDEN

Unions said the Holden's "devastating" announcement will leave 50,000 jobless and is tipped to rip $21 billion out of the nation's economy.

And Toyota is set to follow, with the withdrawal sounding a death knell for the Australian car industry.

The decision to end manufacturing in Australia reflects the perfect storm of negative influences the industry faces in the country including the sustained strength of the Australian dollar, high cost of production, small domestic market and arguably the most competitive and fragmented auto market in the world,'' GM's chief executive Dan Akerson

said in a statement.

Holden has been the number two selling brand for the past 10 years behind Toyota, but is on track to post its lowest sales in 20 years and was overtaken in several months this year by Mazda, Hyundai and Nissan.

As it is, the locally-made Holden Commodore sedan and Cruze small car rank behind the Toyota Corolla and Mazda3 from Japan, the Toyota HiLux pick-up from Thailand and the Hyundai i30 hatch from South Korea in the sales race so far this year.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/holden-to-end-car-manufacturing-in-australia-in-2017-and-i...

[nero_bolt]

Labor blame world factors for Ford closing, the Liberals for Holden closing

May 2013:

Ford will close its manufacturing operations in Broadmeadows and Geelong, Victoria, in October 2016, shedding 1200 jobs and ending its 90-year-old association with vehicle building in Australia…

Ford Australia president Bob Graziano ... cited the high cost of manufacturing a relatively small number of cars in Australia, saying costs were four times those of Asia and double those of Europe…

Prime Minister Julia Gillard ...  also cited the high dollar…

In July 2012, six months after Ms Gillard gave Ford another $34 million in assistance, her government ruled out another taxpayer bailout of Ford after the car maker said it would cut 440 jobs ..

Australian Manufacturers Workers’ Union Victorian assistant state secretary Leigh Diehm said he was worried about the impact of the closures on the rest of the auto industry.

December 2013:

Holden’s decision to ...  close its two local plants and shift to importing all models after 2017 brings the curtain down on Australia’s most popular locally made car…

GM chairman and chief executive Dan Akerson said in a statement from Detroit “the decision to end manufacturing in Australia reflects the perfect storm of negative influences the automotive industry faces in the country ... including the sustained strength of the Australian dollar, high cost of production, small domestic market and arguably the most competitive and fragmented auto market in the world”....

Bill Shorten accused the government of “sabotage” against Holden. “I believe that Holden were pushed,” the Opposition Leader said. “What we don’t understand is when the Australian government decides to sabotage its own industry."…

And, of course, the unions who made no blame of the Gillard Government for the Ford closure now blam...

“The blame for this lies squarely at the foot of the Abbott government,” AMWU national vehicles division secretary Dave Smith said…

Mr Smith, who was reduced to tears addressing reporters in Melbourne and had to stop briefly to regain his composure, said he was gutted by news of the announcement.

Ford shuts, Labor and unions blame overseas factors. Holden shuts, Labor and unions blame Liberals.

Hypocrites.

And deceivers. Ford and Holden both blame, among other things, high local costs. 

[spotweldersfriend]

It's Hockey's fault:-)

[nero_bolt]

And this is why Ford and Holder are pulling out, the Australian public simply are NOT buying their products, the Australian public are buying IMPORTS 

So who is to balme for Ford and Holden shutting up shop in Australia, WE ARE, the Australian buying public are to blame for not supporting the product.   Toyota will close as well in AU for the same reason... The public are not purchasing the localy made product

Top 10 Best-selling Vehicles – November 2013

1. Toyota Corolla – 3894
2. Mazda 3 – 3666
3. Toyota HiLux – 3368
4. Hyundai i30 – 3157
5. Holden Commodore – 3097
6. Toyota Camry – 2375
7. Volkswagen Golf – 2069
8. Ford Ranger – 2014
9. Holden Cruze – 1846
10. Mitsubishi Triton – 1703

Top 10 Best-selling Vehicles – 2013 to date

1. Toyota Corolla – 39,794
2. Mazda 3 – 38,060
3. Toyota HiLux –36,457
4. Hyundai i30 – 28,035
5. Holden Commodore – 25,218
6. Holden Cruze – 22,959
7. Nissan Navara – 22,177
8. Mitsubishi Triton – 21,491
9. Toyota Camry – 21,326
10. Ford Ranger – 20,111

Top 10 Best-selling Brands – November 2013 (growth over November 2012)

1. Toyota – 18,098 (-6.3 per cent)
2. Holden – 10,477 (+1.2 per cent)
3. Hyundai – 8530 (+10.0 per cent)
4. Mazda – 8399 (-3.8 per cent)
5. Ford – 7914 (-7.2 per cent)
6. Nissan – 5482 (-21.8 per cent)
7. Mitsubishi – 5148 (+2.8 per cent)
8. Volkswagen – 4977 (+13.9 per cent)
9. Subaru – 4232 (+31.8 per cent)
10. Honda – 2636 (-34.2 per cent)

Top 10 Best-selling Brands – 2013 to date (growth over 2012 to date)

1. Toyota – 195,020 (-1.0 per cent)
2. Holden – 102,909 (-2.9 per cent)
3. Mazda – 94,618 (+0.3 per cent)
4. Hyundai – 89,259 (+6.5 per cent)
5. Ford – 80,364 (-2.9 per cent)
6. Nissan – 70,228 (-3.0 per cent)
7. Mitsubishi – 64,822 (+18.3 per cent)
8. Volkswagen – 50,217 (+0.1 per cent)
9. Honda – 36,748 (+14.1 per cent)
10. Subaru – 36,540 (-1.8 per cent)