Volkswagenwerk Emden
Emden
The Volkswagen plant in Emden has been a production site of Volkswagen AG in the city of Emden since 1964. It was built especially because of its proximity to the port for Beetle production. The VW Passat was produced from 1977, and one year later the last Beetle produced in Emden rolled off the assembly line.
In the early 1960s, Volkswagen decided on Emden as its new production location because the port of Emden is Germany's westernmost seaport and therefore offers the shortest transport routes overseas. Another reason was the high unemployment rate in East Frisia. The plant was built primarily for the export of the successful VW Beetle. In addition, the city had over 200 hectares of polded land and thus sufficient reserves of land for business expansions, which could be purchased cheaply if necessary.
The plant was inaugurated after nine months of construction. Production of the VW Beetle began on December 8, 1964. [6] In 1965 Volkswagen bought the production facility on the Larrelter polder, which it had acquired from the truck manufacturer Büssing in 1960; However, the area is counted as part of the Port Arthur / Transvaal district by the city's statistical office. In June 1964, after only two and a half years of production, Büssing had to stop manufacturing truck transmissions in the 120,000 m² halls.
The last Beetle built in Germany left the assembly line in Emden on January 19, 1978. The Beetle Cabriolet was built by Karmann in Osnabrück until January 1980.
The VW Passat has also been produced in Emden since 1978. The factory in the seaport city is the “lead factory” for this model. In addition to the sedan, the estate version Variant also rolls off the assembly line. After the end of production of the VW CC, the successor VW Arteon has been produced since 2016. Sheet metal parts for various vehicles of the Volkswagen Group are also produced in the company's own press shop.
The Volkswagen plant in Emden is the "godfather" of the new plant opened in April 2011 by the Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations. In Chattanooga (Tennessee), the VW Passat (NMS) specially tailored to the American market is being built.
In August 2019, VW announced that the Emden plant would be converted into a purely electric car plant. From 2022, models will be built there based on the so-called modular electric drive kit (MEB).
Emden will be the first plant in Lower Saxony to produce a large number of electric cars. The ID.4, the fully electric compact SUV from Volkswagen, will go into production there in 2022, followed by other fully electric models. Production of the Passat sedan and variant, the Arteon and the new Arteon Shooting Brake will continue for a transition period of several years. In the final phase of development, the plant will have a production capacity of up to 300,000 electric cars per year.
The core of the transformation project is the construction of a new factory hall with an area of almost 50,000 square meters, in which only electric cars are produced. The press shop and the body shop are also expanded by 23,000 square meters. The paint shop is being modernized and has a new 6,000 square meter "two-tone hall" for the black painting of car roofs. The two-tone color is one of the characteristics of the ID. Family. In addition, a new high-rise rack and an automated parts warehouse are being planned. The buildings are expected to be ready for occupancy in summer 2021.
Colleagues from Emden have been supporting the installation of devices and the start of production in Zwickau since autumn 2019. You will soon be able to apply the know-how acquired in Zwickau in the renovated factory in Emden. All factory employees will be retrained in the coming years. In total, the factory's employees completed more than 60,000 days of training at the start of production.
Volkswagenwerk Emden
Emden
The Volkswagen plant in Emden has been a production site of Volkswagen AG in the city of Emden since 1964. It was built especially because of its proximity to the port for Beetle production. The VW Passat was produced from 1977, and one year later the last Beetle produced in Emden rolled off the assembly line.
In the early 1960s, Volkswagen decided on Emden as its new production location because the port of Emden is Germany's westernmost seaport and therefore offers the shortest transport routes overseas. Another reason was the high unemployment rate in East Frisia. The plant was built primarily for the export of the successful VW Beetle. In addition, the city had over 200 hectares of polded land and thus sufficient reserves of land for business expansions, which could be purchased cheaply if necessary.
The plant was inaugurated after nine months of construction. Production of the VW Beetle began on December 8, 1964. [6] In 1965 Volkswagen bought the production facility on the Larrelter polder, which it had acquired from the truck manufacturer Büssing in 1960; However, the area is counted as part of the Port Arthur / Transvaal district by the city's statistical office. In June 1964, after only two and a half years of production, Büssing had to stop manufacturing truck transmissions in the 120,000 m² halls.
The last Beetle built in Germany left the assembly line in Emden on January 19, 1978. The Beetle Cabriolet was built by Karmann in Osnabrück until January 1980.
The VW Passat has also been produced in Emden since 1978. The factory in the seaport city is the “lead factory” for this model. In addition to the sedan, the estate version Variant also rolls off the assembly line. After the end of production of the VW CC, the successor VW Arteon has been produced since 2016. Sheet metal parts for various vehicles of the Volkswagen Group are also produced in the company's own press shop.
The Volkswagen plant in Emden is the "godfather" of the new plant opened in April 2011 by the Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations. In Chattanooga (Tennessee), the VW Passat (NMS) specially tailored to the American market is being built.
In August 2019, VW announced that the Emden plant would be converted into a purely electric car plant. From 2022, models will be built there based on the so-called modular electric drive kit (MEB).
Emden will be the first plant in Lower Saxony to produce a large number of electric cars. The ID.4, the fully electric compact SUV from Volkswagen, will go into production there in 2022, followed by other fully electric models. Production of the Passat sedan and variant, the Arteon and the new Arteon Shooting Brake will continue for a transition period of several years. In the final phase of development, the plant will have a production capacity of up to 300,000 electric cars per year.
The core of the transformation project is the construction of a new factory hall with an area of almost 50,000 square meters, in which only electric cars are produced. The press shop and the body shop are also expanded by 23,000 square meters. The paint shop is being modernized and has a new 6,000 square meter "two-tone hall" for the black painting of car roofs. The two-tone color is one of the characteristics of the ID. Family. In addition, a new high-rise rack and an automated parts warehouse are being planned. The buildings are expected to be ready for occupancy in summer 2021.
Colleagues from Emden have been supporting the installation of devices and the start of production in Zwickau since autumn 2019. You will soon be able to apply the know-how acquired in Zwickau in the renovated factory in Emden. All factory employees will be retrained in the coming years. In total, the factory's employees completed more than 60,000 days of training at the start of production.