Friday, March 18, 2011

Volkswagen will start production in Osnabrueck

Volkswagen began yesterday with the Golf Cabriolet production in Osnabrueck at the former site Karmann. The first model was a vehicle in the Sunset Red color addition to the open Gulf to work in the future under a so-called overflow production, even the Porsche Boxster and Cayman models are built that go beyond the production capacity of the sports car manufacturer.

The total capacity of the plant which is estimated at around 100 000 vehicles. The production site covers all stages of the process chain of automotive vehicle development to tool up for production. By the end of 2011, VW will invest a total of around 300 million € in the new location. At the new location approximately 1,250 employees are employed by the end it will be 1800th The training workshop visit 53 young people in 14 industrial and technical occupations and courses.

In view of the dual high school-age group is the number of training places will be further increased. Gave the go-ahead for President Christian Wulff, Lower Saxony's Prime Minister David McAllister and CEO Dr. Martin Winterkorn personally. (Ampnet / jri)

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