Articles Tagged with ''Volkswagen''

CHATTANOOGA, TN—Volkswagen is talking with the UAW about setting up a German-style labor board at the carmaker’s assembly plant here.

CHATTANOOGA, TN—Volkswagen’s assembly plant here is now getting as much as 9.5 megawatts of electricity from a massive solar panel installation.

SILAO, Mexico—Volkswagen has opened a new engine assembly plant here. The plant will have a maximum annual capacity of 330,000 engines.

CHATTANOOGA, TN—Volkswagen’s assembly plant here has upped production to 610 sedans per day.

OXNARD, CA—Volkswagen has opened a new $27 million product development and emissions test laboratory here.

CHATTANOOGA, TN—Volkswagen has begun a new work schedule at its assembly plant here, operating three shifts per day, six days a week.

CHATTANOOGA, TN—At VW’s assembly plant here, employees are checked for their cardiovascular fitness and complete three weeks of physical fitness training to be “industrial athletes.”

CHATTANOOGA, TN—Volkswagen plans to hire 800 more workers at its assembly plant here by year’s end, boosting the workforce to 3,500.

CHATTANOOGA, TN—VW will invest $40 million to build a 400,000-square-foot warehouse in Roane County, TN, to distribute auto parts. The facility will employ up to 45 people by 2016.