Volkswagen inaugurates vehicle plant in southern Chinese city of Changsha

The Volkswagen Group continues to expand its production capacity in China with the addition of a new vehicle plant of Shanghai-Volkswagen (SVW) in Changsha, southern China, which was inaugurated by Prof. Dr. Jochem Heizmann, Member of the Board of Management

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Volkswagen extends cooperation with Chinese partner FAW Group

After 20 years of successful cooperation the Volkswagen Group and its Chinese joint-venture partner First Automotive Works (FAW) are extending their present partnership for a further 25 years, until the year 2041. In addition, the Volkswagen Group and the Chinese

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Volkswagen Group expands production capacity in China

In the presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Prof. Dr. Jochem Heizmann, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft and President and CEO of Volkswagen Group China, signed a joint declaration

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Start of Golf production in Mexico marks another milestone for Volkswagen Group in North America

Production of the new Volkswagen Golf began at the Volkswagen plant in Puebla, Mexico. The facility is to build further models from the Golf family for the North America region going forward. Dr. Ildefonso Guajardo, Mexican Secretary of Economy, Rafael Moreno-Valle,

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Volkswagen donates a million euros to Auschwitz International Youth Meeting Center

Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft is donating €1-million to the Auschwitz International Youth Meeting Center. With this donation, Volkswagen intends to make a long-term contribution to safeguarding the high-quality of educational work and the modernisations

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Volkswagen Chief Designer de Silva receives medal for special services to Bavaria in a united Europe

The Free State of Bavaria has awarded its medal for special services to Bavaria in a united Europe to Walter Maria de Silva, Head of Group Design of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft. In a letter to de Silva, the Bavarian State Minister of Federal and European

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Volkswagen Group launches environmental initiative in China

30 years after entering the Chinese market, the Volkswagen Group is starting a new phase of sustainable growth. In the course of expanding production capacities, the two Chinese joint ventures of the Volkswagen Group will be investing more than €9.8-billion

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Volkswagen Group delivers over nine-million vehicles for first time in 2012

The Volkswagen Group recorded a further strong increase in worldwide deliveries for the full year 2012 and exceeded the prior-year delivery record. The Company delivered 9.07- (2011: 8.16; +11.2 per cent)* million vehicles for the first time in a twelve-month period.

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Volkswagen has created about 100,000 new jobs since 2007, including 30,000 in Germany

Since 2007, the workforce of the Volkswagen Group has grown by about 225,000 employees, representing a rise of 70 per cent. This increase includes 100,000 new jobs created throughout the world and 125,000 employees of companies newly integrated into

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Volkswagen Group lays foundation stone for new engine plant in Russia

Volkswagen is stepping up its industrial activities in Russia. From 2015, the Group is to supply its vehicle assembly plant at Kaluga and contract production at the GAZ plant in Nizhny Novgorod with highly advanced engines produced locally. The official foundation

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