NEVS, which bought the remains of Saab Automobile, is itself going bankrupt. So now all machines and fixtures at the factory in Trollhättan are being sold.
The last remnant of Saab Automobile is headed for bankruptcy. The buyer National Electric Vehicle Sweden, NEVS, announced this to its employees this week. Today, everything in the factory is for sale.
Everything must go. Right from fixtures at the factory to the very large hyuradal pressing machines that shaped all of Saab's cars between the 1960s and the bankruptcy in 2011.
– They have pushed everything from the Saab 96 and 99 to the last 9-5, it is no small thing, but at the same time it was news to me, I did not know about it, says Peter Bäckström, curator at the Saab Car Museum, in a comment to Carup.
It is the company Surplex , which makes a living from running all kinds of business, which must also be responsible for the sale of the contents at the factory in Trollhättan.
And interested buyers from all over the world have already signed up. The company does not believe that it will be a problem to get the large machines working again. However, some of them are specifically manufactured for car production.
Back at NEVS, which is still based in Trollhättan, however, they have not given up all hope. At least not yet. The company's director Nina Selander made that clear in a press release .
– Despite this, it is not our job to throw in the towel. Now we have several months to find solutions for the employees – even if it is under the auspices of others, says Nina Selander.
However, NEVS has suffered several defeats. First, the brand's owner, the Chinese real estate giant Evergrande, went downstairs himself and went home. The site was burned by a Lebanese car brand that tried to steal the prototype Emily GT that was developed by the former Saab people in just 9 months.
