VOLKSWAGEN LAUNCHES CONSTRUCTION plant in Kaluga
December 11, Dmitry Medvedev will visit Autoworks Company `` Volkswagen Group Rus in Kaluga region, where he will see a series of workshops and take part in the opening ceremony of the construction of a new plant for the production of internal combustion engines.
The Chairman of the Government will examine the training center for training and retraining of personnel for the automotive industry in the Kaluga College of Information Technology and Management.
The event will be attended by the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Central Federal District Alexander Beglov, Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, Kaluga Region Governor Anatoly Artamonov, representatives of ministries and departments, heads of industry companies.
August 28, 2012 Chairman of the Board of Volkswagen M.Vinterkorn and Kaluga region A.Artamonov signed an agreement to build the plant in the Kaluga region for the production of engines. The Company is planning to invest in the construction of the plant about 250 million euros. Start of production is planned for 2015.
The plant will produce engines latest EA211 series 1.6-liter. The engine is the embodiment of the most advanced technologies in the field of engine concern. The production capacity of 150 thousand units per year, the planned staff - 500 employees.
Construction of the plant for production of engine meets the conditions of the May 2011 supplementary agreement on industrial assembly under Government Decree? 166: in 2016 30% of produced on the territory of Russian cars must be equipped with Russian engines.
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The volume of production in Russia all vehicles (including cars of foreign brands) for January-October 2012 amounted to more than 1.8 million units (an increase over the same period in 2011 - 12.4%).
Production of passenger cars in January-September 2012 amounted to over 1.6 million units (+ 13.4% compared to the same period of 2011). Production of foreign models has increased by 26.9% (1093.9 thousand).
The largest producers are OAO AvtoVAZ `` (458.7 thousand), OOO `Autotor Holding` (213.2 thousand), of `Autoframos` (135.3 thousand), Ltd. #39;Hyundai Motors Manufacturing Rus `(185.6 thousand), OOO VOLKSWAGEN Rus` `(144.6 thousand).
Concern Volkswagen AG (Germany) - Europe#39;s biggest carmaker, uniting brands Volkswagen, Škoda, Audi, Porsche, Seat, Bentley and Lamborghini.
On the territory of the Russian company `Volkswagen Group Rus#39; in the full cycle produces models Volkswagen Polo Sedan, Volkswagen Tiguan, Škoda Fabia, Škoda Octavia, and also carries SKD models Škoda Yeti, Volkswagen Touareg, Volkswagen Multivan. The company also considered the possibility of production in SKD mode, starting in 2013, models of the brand Audi - A7, Q7 and Q5.
Structurally, the company has a branch in Moscow, where he performed overall coordination of the plant in Kaluga, as well as a branch in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, where the facilities of GAS from November 2012 assembles several models of Volkswagen. The cumulative number of employees in Russia is more than 6.5 thousand people.
In the period from January to October 2012 `Volkswagen Group Rus#39; sold more than 260 million vehicles, of which more than 144 thousand pieces - made in Russia. These volumes have made the Russian Federation#39;s sixth largest market for the group Volkswagen AG.
At the moment an investment group Volkswagen AG in the Russian Federation, about 1 billion euros. By 2018, the Group plans to invest a total of about another 1 billion euros in the development of new models that meet the requirements of the Russian market, the further localization of production, as well as construction in Kaluga plant for the production of internal combustion engines.
31 May 2011 Company `Volkswagen Group Rus` signed an additional agreement with the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, which provides for the production of vehicles in Russia with capacity of 350 thousand units per year, with bringing the localization level to 60% and take on additional responsibilities, which is also include the establishment of a research and development center.
