Overview
- The project reached a Richtfest on Wednesday when Opel and city officials celebrated the largely finished Rohbau and announced that interior work will start next.
- The campus will cover about 114,000 square meters and include a 23,000‑square‑meter administration building, an R&D building and a design center where Opel models will be developed.
- Stellantis is committing a three‑digit million‑euro investment to the Rüsselsheim site and says the work is part of a European Green‑Campus network with projects in France and Italy.
- Opel has signaled workforce changes in development work with plans to cut roughly 650 of about 1,650 engineering roles by year‑end while aiming to sustain roughly 1,000 engineers long term in the new centre.
- Local leaders say the campus is meant to anchor future investment and jobs in Rüsselsheim after decades of workforce decline and to secure vehicle production there beyond 2029, including the next generation Astra.