VW Slovakia Reports H1 Results

Between January and June 2011 nearly 94,600 vehicles of Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche brands were assembled at Volkswagen’s Slovak production unit. The number of transmissions produced at the Bratislava plant grew by 3.3% to 201,450 units. Production of various components at the factory in Martin amounted to 17.4 million units, representing a growth of 6.6% over the same period of last year.
The company’s turnover for the 1H increased 33.3% year on year to €2.4 billion. With the production start-up of Volkswagen’s New Small Family models, the company expects the positive trend to continue over the second half of the year. The addition of the new models also contribute in the increase of the number of employees. The recruitment of an additional 1,500 workers began in August.