(Reuters) – Volkswagen AG (ETR:) stated it plans to finish a job assure scheme that has been in place since 1994 and stop job cuts till 2029, because it faces stress from Asian rivals.
The IG Metall union stated the next German crops may very well be affected by Volkswagen ending its job assure scheme.
Apart from the Kassel plant within the central German state of Hesse, all crops are situated within the northwestern state of Decrease Saxony.
Brunswick
As of 2022, Volkswagen’s oldest plant employed about 7,400 employees within the metropolis of about 250,000 individuals. It produces components resembling entrance axles, rear axles, steering programs and battery programs, in addition to equipment, tools, instruments and molds. Since 2019, the corporate has additionally been producing batteries for Volkswagen’s new modular electrical drive matrix MEB automobiles.
emden
Based in 1964 to reap the benefits of the close by seaport, the manufacturing facility initially specialised within the manufacturing of the Volkswagen Beetle and now produces fashions such because the Volkswagen Passat and Volkswagen electrical ID.4.
The plant employs greater than 8,000 individuals and produces round 180,000 automobiles per 12 months, whereas Emden has a inhabitants of round 50,000 individuals.
Hannover
The plant is situated in Decrease Saxony, a area of 8 million folks that employs about 14,000 individuals and is Volkswagen’s second-largest shareholder.
Manufacturing of the Volkswagen “Bulli” started right here in 1956 and now produces the sixth technology of T-series camper vans, together with vans and minivans, in addition to the Amarok pick-up truck.
Along with automobiles, the corporate additionally produces components resembling cylinder heads and consumption manifolds.
Kassel
The Kassel plant has been a part of the Volkswagen Group since 1958 and is Volkswagen’s largest components manufacturing facility on the earth, producing greater than 4 million guide and computerized transmissions yearly.
Volkswagen stated the plant is the most important employer in northern Hesse, with about 16,500 staff. Kassel has a complete inhabitants of roughly 200,000 individuals.
Kassel produces components for the core Volkswagen manufacturers in addition to Volkswagen Business Autos, Seat, Audi, Skoda, Porsche and Lamborghini automobiles.
Salzgitter
The Salzgitter plant, which opened in 1970 to provide the Volkswagen K70 mannequin, employed about 7,500 employees within the metropolis of simply over 100,000 individuals as of 2023.
The corporate presently produces engine fashions and components for electrical automobiles, and Volkswagen introduced a 2 billion euro ($2.21 billion) funding in 2021 to rework the group’s foremost engine manufacturing facility right into a foremost battery manufacturing facility.
wolfsburg
The huge plant in Wolfsburg, Decrease Saxony, is the group’s manufacturing heart and Volkswagen’s headquarters.
Volkswagen stated the plant occupies an space the dimensions of about 910 soccer fields and has about 70,000 staff.
The corporate was based in 1938, shortly after it was based beneath Nazi rule, and produced almost half one million automobiles by 2023, together with the Volkswagen Golf.
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