Shanghai VW To Build New Factory in Ningbo

Industry News | Ash | January 6, 2012 at 6:49 pm

Shanghai VW have been on a roll for several years with their hot range of models, it almost appears as if Shanghai-VW cannot build its range of cars fast enough, dealers are boasting of long waiting lists for hot products such as the Lavida compact, new Passat and also the VW Tiguan SUV. To satisfy demand in the Chinese market, Shanghai VW announced plans earlier today to construct a new 300,000 car per year factory in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province.

Karl-Thomas Neumann, the head of VW China commented “To meet the demand of our customers more capacity is needed”, the new factory will meet demand in the short term, the new plant will be a complete production facility complete with press shop, body shop, paint shop and an assembly unit, the plant will be finished in early 2014 and will eventually be staffed by several thousand employees. The plant will be Shanghai-VW’s sixth factory in China

Ash

Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.