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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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Volkswagen-Suzuki to roll out Rs 2.5-lakh car in India
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BRIEF: New Beetles coming
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Review: Audi R8, precision meets flair
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Maruti shares up on VW, Suzuki deal
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European shares mixed in early trading
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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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CA-BUSINESS Summary
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VW buys 49.9% stake in Porsche
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Volkswagen buys 49.9% stake in Porsche
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Tax changes proposed to aid smaller Madoff investors
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Volkswagen Shareholders Approve Plan To Raise Capital To Finance Porsche Deal - Update
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Audi Parent Volkswagen Takes 49.9 Percent Stake in Porsche AG
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'Wrap artist' lays tracks with mobile billboard
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VW buys 49.9 percent stake in Porsche
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UPDATE 1-MAN down on talk about pressure to bid for Scania
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Report from Europe: The Fallout from the Dubai Sandstorm Lingers
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The Dollar Falls and Volkswagen Looks West
- 2007-07-09
Who would've thought a Fortune Global 500 company would be looking at the United States as a low-cost manufacturing site? But with the dollar's recent dismal performance on foreign exchange markets, Volkswagen finds it hard to justify importing to the U.S. market. The logical solution is either to start building...
MADD Announces Winners of 5th Annual National MADD Media Awards
- 2007-06-07
To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORSContact: Sofia Melios of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, +1-469- 420-4567 DALLAS, June 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mothers Against Drunk Driving MADD announced today the 20 winners of its 5th annual national MADD Media Awards program. The 2007 MADD Media Awards, sponsored by Nationwide Insurance and Volkswagen, are in recognition...
New horizons: Brazil's Sao Sebastiao port gets a makeover to compete with Brazil's overworked shipping facilities
- 2005-05-01
Running between the mainland of Sao Paulo state and the large island of Ilhabela, the waters of the port of Sao Sebastiao channel run calm and deep. Dredging is not a concern here. Even the biggest ships can call on this port as easily as any other in Brazil....
Chicago Tribune Transportation Notes Column.
- 2003-12-21
By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 21--AUTOS: Honda will unveil a pickup concept Jan. 4 at the Detroit Auto Show as a teaser of a future model. Like the Subaru Baja, it is built on a car-based platform and...
Volkswagen bets on railroad transportation.
- 2003-09-04
Brazil, Sep 3, 2003 (Gazeta Mercantil /SABI via COMTEX) Brazil, Sep 3, 2003 (Gazeta Mercantil /SABI via COMTEX)
Chicago Tribune Car Notes Column.
- 2003-08-03
By Jim Mateja and Rick Popely, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 3--CHRYSLER HAS TEAMED UP with Motorola to test a Driver Advocate system in the Town & Country minivan. With the system, a three-button mechanism on the steering column lets...
eNGENUITY Recruits New Marketing VP To Accelerate Company Growth.
- 2003-07-21
MONTREAL, CANADA, Jul 21, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX Mr. Patrice Commune, President and CEO of eNGENUITY Technologies (TSX: EGY), a leading supplier of Visual Software Solutions, is pleased to announce that Jean-Marc Aichoun joined its executive team as Vice President, Marketing. Jean-Marc's appointment will...
Expansion Plan May Bring More Cars through California's Port of Hueneme.
- 2002-04-03
By Roger Harris, Ventura County Star, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 3--Pacific Vehicle Processors' expansion plans have yet to be approved, but German automaker Volkswagen is laying the groundwork for contracts with labor unions and the Port of Hueneme, which...
Brazil: Iveco Fiat tightens competition.
- 2001-06-08
Brazil, Jun 4, 2001 Iveco Fiat has recently launched its van Iveco Maxivan into the Brazilian market so as to compete for the passengers transportation vehicles market with Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen, Agrale and Renault. Iveco Maxivan is produced in Sete Lagoas, State of Minas...
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- 2001-02-19
Canada 3000 has agreed to buy Royal Airlines, another charter air carrier, for $85 million in stock. The acquisition gives Canada 3000, a Toronto-based company, annual revenues of $1 billion, about 10% of the size of Air Canada. At US$7,500 retail, the WorldStar pickup...
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