to take -- today, they announced they will stop building cars at the bochum factory at the end of nextyear. >> in 2015, the plant will become a parts distribution center and employ just about 420 people. at the moment, about 3200 people working there, i merrily on the production ash primarily on the production of the -- about 3200 people work there, primarily on the production of the zafira minivan. >> production in bochum was set to continue for another two years, until 2016, but staff rejected a proposal from management, saying they wanted to push on with negotiations instead. employers did not like that idea. the plant was one of the carmaker's oldest. it was opened to assemble the cadet. about well thousand people work here during the factory's glory days -- about 12,000 people work here during the factory's glory days. the unemployment rate has shot up to 11%. opel the shifting production of the is a fear at -- the zafira to another plant. >> all that auto sector data weighed heavily on the european shares, sending european stocks to their biggest daily drop in two months. our cor