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October 2013
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Volkswagen Group opens new vehicle production plant
in Foshan, Southern China
Ceremony of Production Launch for Foshan Branch of
FAW-Volkswagen and SOP for The New GolfCeremony of Production Launch for
Foshan Branch of FAW-Volkswagen and SOP for The New Golf
Wolfsburg / Foshan - The Volkswagen Group and its joint venture
FAW-Volkswagen today inaugurated the new vehicle production plant in
Foshan, Southern China. In just under two years, the Group has
constructed a highly-advanced, resource-efficient car manufacturing
facility at the new location in Guangdong province. First-stage
production capacity is 300,000 vehicles per year. It is planned to
double capacity in the medium term. The first vehicle to leave the
assembly line in Foshan is a seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf.
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"Volkswagen in China stands for both green mobility and sustainable
growth. Our new plant in Foshan combines state-of-the-art technology
with particularly efficient resource management," Prof. Dr. Jochem
Heizmann, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG and
President and CEO of Volkswagen Group China, said, and added: "This new
plant creates 6,500 skilled jobs and will systematically foster new
talent. We are thus laying the foundations for an innovative and
sustainable automotive industry in Southern China."
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The Foshan facility was the first car factory in China to receive a
Triple-Star Green Building Award, the highest state award available for
environmentally compatible factory design. 100 percent of the plant's
wastewater is treated and reused, almost 90 percent of the waste and
packaging material from the production process is recycled. Like all
Volkswagen plants in China, Foshan has been certified to the ISO 14001
standard. The new factory ranks as one of the most
environmentally-friendly car manufacturing plants in China.
First-stage production capacity at the FAW-Volkswagen plant is 300,000
vehicles per year. Production began today with the Volkswagen Golf. The
Audi A3 will also be built in Foshan from the end of 2013. The Foshan
plant is the first production facility in China based on the modular
transverse toolkit (MQB) and can simultaneously build Volkswagen and
Audi models. It is planned to double capacity at the plant in the medium
term.
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China is the Volkswagen Group's largest sales market worldwide. In 2012,
the company delivered more than 2.81 million vehicles to customers in
the country. In the first eight months of this year, deliveries rose by
17.9 percent compared with the comparable prior-year period to 2.05
million vehicles.
FAW-Volkswagen already operates two vehicle production plants, one in
Changchun and one in Chengdu. The Volkswagen Group is building four
further plants in China this year and over the next few years. By 2018,
the number of employees will have increased from the present 75,000 to
100,000, and annual production capacity will have risen from around 2.6
million to over four million.
Photos: VW
(September 25, 2013 )
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