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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
Recent Events
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Auto-production recovery could raise world lead prices
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Volkswagen Launches VWWinterWunderland.com
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Maybach Fails to Dent Rolls and Bentley
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VW poised to make full bid for MAN SE: report ...
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MAN SE stock jumps on report that bid from VW looms
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Bugatti Veyron might land in India next year!
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California Lemon Law: Beware Transmission Problems
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Training centres, no power cuts: Chavan's promises...
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BRIEF: New Beetles coming
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Review: Audi R8, precision meets flair
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Suzuki-VW, a winners' alliance
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Volkswagen, Suzuki could develop the Maruti Alto replacement for India
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Volkswagen To Buy 19.9% Stake In Suzuki Motor
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Germany's Volkswagen to take 20 per cent stake in Japan's Suzuki
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Volkswagen set to buy up to 20% Suzuki stake
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Renault, Daimler in Talks on Small Cars
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VW Takes Porsche Stake of 49.9 Percent
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UPDATE 1-Porsche experts absolve former execs of guilt
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Tax changes proposed to aid smaller Madoff investors
News & Analysis
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Suzuki: Volkswagen to Take 19.9 Percent Stake in It
Reuters
- 2009-12-16
TOKYO (Reuters) - Suzuki Motor Corp said Volkswagen VOWG will take a 19.9 percent stake in it for about 222.5 billion yen ($2.5 billion) as part of an alliance between the two automakers.Suzuki, Japan's fourth-largest automaker, said it would hold a news conference at 0800 GMT to brief on...
Porsche to take control of VW by September: source
- 2008-05-29
FRANKFURT AFP — German sportscar maker Porsche wants to increase its stake in Volkswagen from 31 percent to a majority in September or possibly even in August, an industry source said on Thursday. Porsche had already said that it wanted to hike its interest in Europe's biggest carmaker but...
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AUTOMATION STRATEGIES AT VOLKSWAGEN IN GERMANY AND SOUTH AFRICA
- 2008-05-01
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Proton shares tumble after Malaysia ditches Volkswagen
- 2007-11-20
KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Shares in carmarker Proton sank 11.7 percent on Wednesday as analysts warned its future remained cloudy after Malaysia ditched alliance talks with Germany's Volkswagen. At 12:30 am (0430 GMT) Proton shares fell 58 sen to 4.36 ringgit (1.29 dollars), while the overall Kuala Lumpur Composite...
Volkswagen says Seat unit is not for sale
- 2006-12-02
BERLIN AFP — German car giant Volkswagen said on Saturday it had no plans to sell its troubled Spanish unit Seat, denying a press report which said VW's new boss, Martin Winterkorn, was mulling just such a spin-off. "This is completely false," said a spokesman for Audi, which is part...
Why Porsche would be mad to bid for Volkswagen
- 2006-12-02
There are only three hard and fast rules in the motor industry, if you want to make money. Never build an orange car; steer clear of Formula 1; and never bet against Porsche. For the last decade the Stuttgart-based manufacturer of high-performance sports cars has existed in its own...
Examine the Manufacturing Strategies, Technologies & Model Launches of the World's Automotive Companies
- 2006-11-15
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c452825) has announced the addition of World Vehicle Manufactures: November 2006 Report to their offering. World Vehicle Manufacturers is a dedicated round-up of all the latest global happenings and analysis specific to the manufacturing activities of the world's light vehicle manufacturers. It covers...
Gain an Insight into the Strategies of Manufacturers within the Automotive Industry.
- 2006-10-31
M2 PRESSWIRE-31 October 2006-Research and Markets: Gain an Insight into the Strategies of Manufacturers within the Automotive Industry.C1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:31102006 Dublin: Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c44287) has announced the addition of Automotive Emerging Markets - November 2006 Issue to...
Proton shares dive after Volkswagen scraps alliance
- 2006-01-12
KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Shares in Malaysia's Proton dived in early trade on news that German auto giant Volkswagen had called off plans to forge a business partnership with the national carmaker. Volkswagen chief executive Bernd Pischetsrieder told auto analysts in Michigan this week the alliance which has been...
The latest issue focuses on the major vehicle manufacturers, covering all aspects of the automotive industry.
- 2005-11-10
M2 PRESSWIRE-10 November 2005-Research and Markets: The latest issue focuses on the major vehicle manufacturers, covering all aspects of the automotive industry.C1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11112005 Dublin: Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c27510) has announced the addition of World Vehicle Manufacturers Analyst...
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