Fiat adding 1,500 new jobs at Melfi

(ANSA) - Turin, January 12 - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will add 1,500 new jobs at its factory in Melfi in southern Italy over the next three months, the company said Monday. The plant there will also see an injection of more than one billion euros for the production of Jeep Renegades and the Fiat 500X SUV, the company said. New staff are needed because of the "very positive" sale performance of the two vehicles, FCA said. It added some staff will be transferred in temporarily from other plants.