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Volkswagen AG

VOW.DE is in the Auto Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$120.4B

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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

Contact Information

Brieffach 1848 2

Wolfsburg

www.volkswagena...

(49) 536190

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing: 336211

Company News

Recent Events

Volkswagen Shareholders Approve Plan To Raise Capital To Finance Porsche Deal - Update

12/04/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
'Wrap artist' lays tracks with mobile billboard

12/04/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
UPDATE 1-MAN down on talk about pressure to bid for Scania

12/01/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Report from Europe: The Fallout from the Dubai Sandstorm Lingers

11/30/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Upgrades and Downgrades: American Eagle Soars

11/30/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Audi AG Chief Rupert Stadler to join Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft

11/28/09 - Board Member - Entering - View Story
MAN finance chief to step down

11/27/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - CEO - View Story
VW Capital Raising Approved

12/04/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
U.S. Stocks Up; Central Banks Diversify

11/26/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
German carmaker Volkswagen to buy some assets of German contract carmaker Karmann

11/22/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Beetle hits Indian roads

12/05/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
VW to buy Karmann assets, create new model

11/20/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Higher Losses at German Banks; Porsche Loss

11/26/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
UPDATE 1-VW board set to approve Porsche contracts - sources

11/16/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

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SHANGHAI VOLKSWAGEN LAUNCHES 1.6L OCTAVIA

- 2007-08-30

AsiaInfo Services 08-30-2007 Shanghai Volkswagen Launches 1.6L Octavia SHANGHAI, Aug 30, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd., a venture of Germany Volkswagen AG and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (Gr AsiaInfo Services 08-30-2007 ...

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AUDI A4 S-LINE TO HIT MARKET IN EARLY AUGUST

- 2007-07-30

AsiaInfo Services 07-30-2007 Audi A4 S-line to Hit Market in Early August CHANGCHUN, Jul 30, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd., a venture of FAW Group, Audi AG, Volkswagen AG and Volkswagen's China branch, will l AsiaInfo...

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Brazil: Volkswagen transfers production.

- 1999-08-05

Volkswagen will stop producing the Gol, Parati and Saveiro car models at the Sao Bernardo do Campo plant, in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The production will be transferred to the Taubate plant Sao Paulo, which has a production capacity of 1 ...

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