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Helping you 'Arrive'! Volkswagen AG ( German: VOW) is one of the leading automobile manufacturers in the world. Number one in Europe, it produces over 5.2 million cars, trucks, and vans annually. Some of its models are Passat, Touareg, Phaeton, Lamborghini, Bentley, and Bugatti. It operates plants in Africa, the Americas, the Asia/Pacific region, and Europe and it is sold in about 150 countries. This $121.3 billion company is based in Wolfsburg, Germany and employs about 342,500 people. In March 2006 the company's Supervisory Board approved the sale of wholly-owned subsidiary Europcar to the French investment group Eurazeo
Number of Employees 369,928
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NAICS Code Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing: 336211
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German carmaker Volkswagen to buy some assets of German contract carmaker Karmann
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European Markets Decline; VW Drops 6%
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Volkswagen Beetle launch in India next month
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'Beetle' to hit Indian roads in December
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Integrated automotive group: Volkswagen will take a 49.9 per cent stake in Porsche AG in...
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RLPC-UPDATE 1-Porsche pushes to agree 8.5 bln eur loan-bankers
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Porsche board okays merger contract with Volkswagen
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Magna shares up more than 7%
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Saft Groupe SA Reports Quarterly Financial Information for the Third Quarter of 2009
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VW and MIT Introduce In-Car Robot
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VW sees tough year-end; Mazda ups FY target
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Volkswagen Announces Sales for October After Major Wins at AJAC's TestFest Golf Wagon, Golf GTI...
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Volkswagen Releases New Drawing of Their Chattanooga Car
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VW Sees Tough Year-end; Mazda Ups FY Target
Reuters
- 2009-10-29
By Chang-Ran Kim and Christiaan HetznerTOKYO/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Europe's largest carmaker Volkswagen VOWG said business remained tough after third-quarter earnings plunged on Thursday, while Japan's Mazda predicted a smaller full-year operating loss.French carmaker Renault also published a drop in third quarter sales, but the year-on-year fall was less steep...
GOOD SALES DRIVE VOLKSWAGEN TO ADD NEW FACTORY IN CHINA
- 2007-10-16
AsiaInfo Services 10-16-2007 Good Sales Drive Volkswagen to Add New Factory in China BEIJING, Oct 16, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Volkswagen AG, a leading automaker in the world, achieved better-than-expected sales performance in China in the AsiaInfo Services ...
Makers of diesel autos seek perfect plastic; Fuel-pump housing must meet strength, conductivity needs.(News)
- 2007-04-30
Byline: Rhoda Miel If all the hype is true, North America is about to see a rebirth in diesel-powered cars and trucks, bringing with it changes for plastics suppliers. The clean diesels expected to hit U.S. showrooms at the start of ...
GERMAN AUTOMAKER TO SHARPLY BOOST CHINA PROCUREMENT
- 2006-04-17
AsiaInfo Services 04-17-2006 German Automaker to Sharply Boost China Procurement BEIJING, Apr 17, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Volkswagen AG, the German giant automaker, will sharply boost its China procurement from last year's USD 10 million AsiaInfo Services ...
VOLKSWAGEN STILL TOPPED RANK OF AUTOMAKERS IN H1
- 2005-07-14
AsiaInfo Services 07-14-2005 Volkswagen Still Topped Rank of Automakers in H1 CHINA, Jul 14, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Volkswagen was still atop the rank of automakers with H1 sales of 265,000 vehicles and an 18% market share, said VW China...
GOLDMAN SACHS: VOLKSWAGEN TO SUFFER EUR400MN LOSS IN CHINA IN 2005
- 2005-04-22
AsiaInfo Services 04-22-2005 Goldman Sachs: Volkswagen to Suffer EUR400mn Loss in China in 2005 SHANGHAI, Apr 22, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Germany's automaker Volkswagen'sshare in the Chinese market had fallen from 29% last year to 11% in AsiaInfo...
Interacting With the Customer - CRM Platform for Optimum Customer Care at Volkswagen
BNET
- 2005-02-01
Volkswagen AG, with its headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, is one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers and the largest car maker in Europe. Some years ago, a strategy for a common uniform platform for CRM was formulated in the VW Group. The 'Customer database KuBa' project was born. The idea...
VOLKSWAGEN CHALKS UP SLIGHTLY BETTER SALES.
- 2005-01-18
Europe's biggest car maker, Volkswagen VW of Germany, reports a slight increase in sales last year, in line with the target, but its performance is still at a low ebb. This also applies to its range of luxury vehicles Audi. The VW group's sales r Europe's...
The Japanese are coming, the Japanese are coming!(1970)(Brief Article)
- 2005-01-01
In the January 1970 article, Japanese Automakers Lead in Foreign Car Sales," Hawaii Business reported that, for the first time, automakers Toyota and Datsun had overtaken Volkswagen, the traditional leader in foreign car sales both nationally an In the January 1970 article, Japanese Automakers Lead in...
People.(McCann-Erickson Inc.'s Amanda Irvine gets promoted)(Viacom Inc.'s Jesus Lara joins EMI Music)(Volkswagen AG's Gerd Klauss retires)(Brief Article)
- 2004-11-08
Gerd Klauss, president-CEO of Volkswagen of America, will retire at year's end, the automaker said. Mr. Klauss, whose responsibilities are for both Audi of America and VW in the U.S. and Canada, joined the automaker in 1992 as the VP in charge of Aud Gerd Klauss,...
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