The fusion between FCA and PSA is also experienced through the details. The birth of Stellantis, in fact, will be sealed with the new flag that will fly over the strongholds from where the rise of Fiat started: Mirafiori and Lingotto.
But the daily revolution also started for employees with the change of email addresses, the modification of the notices with those bearing the new symbol and the wait for the new uniforms to replace those with the acronym FCA. Details that may seem trivial but which must all go in the same direction: communicate the marriage that has taken place and announce the new era through a joint image, a sign of concreteness.
The merger between FCA and PSA has been completed and is effective from yesterday, from tomorrow it will be listed in Milan and Paris and from Tuesday in New York. For the trade unions, one of the greatest uncertainties concerns the future of the central bodies and a commitment is to avoid overlaps that would inevitably lead to redundancies. «Let’s think of the approximately 7,000 employees of the central bodies who are the brain of the group and are fundamental for the relaunch of our brands. They must be defended “says Fim and Fiom and Uilm are also of the same line, speaking of” concern focused on entities that risk doubling with the new company “. Issues that also circulate among employees but which are mitigated by the desire to look positively to the future.
«With the new industrial plan, we will need to investigate how the design activities will be deployed. When it comes to developing common platforms, which is very likely to happen, some downsizing may be required. But that’s not necessarily the case. It all depends on the choices on the contents of the new models starting from the themes of electrification but also of the connected vehicle. On electrification – says Roberto Guerzoni, who has been at the FCA Research Center for 34 years – our colleagues from across the Alps may be ahead, but we think instead we are more ready on other issues ».
Stellantis has been the fourth manufacturer in the world since yesterday and has huge capital available. The synergies deriving from the merger are approximately 5 billion. «The numbers give us security – concludes Guerzoni – we believe that with these prospects there will be the strength to make more investments. Alone, as FCA, we would have had less power to innovate. The skills are there and must be enhanced».
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