Volkswagen is to spend nearly 3.4
billion zlotys (euro 650 million) on setting up a new plant in Wrzesnia,
Poland, which will produce its Crafter large delivery van, the company
said on Tuesday.
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The plant
will employ more than 2300 people, with production expected to start at
the end of 2016 following construction of the plant, which is due to
begin at the end of this year, Volkswagen said.
"By taking the decision to build the Crafter in Poland, we are setting
the course for the strategic realignment of our light commercial
vehicles," Leif Oestling, the head of VW's trucks business, said in a
statement.
Assembling the
vehicle in Poland will allow the German group, which already makes the
Caddy and T5 commercial vehicles near Poznan, to significantly reduce
its production costs.
Labor
costs in Poland's manufacturing industry amounted to an hourly 6.65
euros per worker in 2012, about a sixth of the 36.98 euros in Germany,
according to the Cologne-based IW economic institute.
Read more: Volkswagen to spend over $1 billion on new van plant in Poland - Yahoo News
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