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The company Volkswagen Group Rus reduce staff its plant in Kaluga, 150 people, according to RIA Novosti, the representative of the company. According to him, we are talking about employees who have expiring contracts of employment that the company refuses to renew. In addition, some employees may be dismissed by agreement of the parties to pay them compensation. Reducing the number of employees in the company explained the reduction of time of the plant.
«May we go on a two-shift work schedule. Friday will be a day of downtime from April to June. There will also be announced during a simple May holidays – from 5 to 8 and 12 to 15 the number “- said the RIA. According to the Director of Public Relations Volkswagen Group Rus Natalia Kostyukovich, as reported by Tass, Volkswagen will cut the plant in Kaluga, about 600 employees. She also clarified that the plant switches to four-day working week.
In an interview with RBC Kostyukovich affirmed the dismissal of only 150 employees, noting that other figures the company has not yet voiced. She added that some workers will be asked to move to a new central warehouse of spare parts and accessories in Chekhov (Moscow region) and a new engine plant in Kaluga company. “In addition to these measures, Volkswagen Group Rus will begin offering a balanced compensation packages to those employees who will be willing to leave the company by mutual agreement”, – says the official announcement Volkswagen.
Volkswagen plant in Kaluga was launched in 2007, in 2009 started the production of a full cycle, including welding and painting. Currently in Kaluga made model Volkswagen Tiguan, Volkswagen Polo sedan and ŠKODA Rapid. Maximum production capacity of the plant in Kaluga – 225 thousand cars a year.. The exact amount of production in Russia VW did not disclose, but we know that in November 2013, the plant in Kaluga was collected 700,000th car in a row since the opening of the plant and the 400,000th car in a row on the technology of a full cycle. According to “Izvestia”, in 2014 in Kaluga has been collected 125 thousand. Cars (-17%).
In 2014, the sales of cars in Russia, sold under the brand Volkswagen, according to the Association of European Businesses (AEB ), fell by 18% to 128.1 thousand. cars, while reducing the overall market by 10.3%. Over the year, the brand took 5.1% of the market, losing 0.5 percentage points down from 6th to 7th place.
In 2015, according to various estimates, sales of new cars in Russia may collapse by 25-50%. In January-February sales of Volkswagen fell at an annual rate of 40%. The rest belong to Volkswagen Group brands were also in the red: Skoda sales decreased by 3%, Audi – 23%, SEAT – by 82%.
Last week, General Motors (GM) announced plans to changing business models in Russia. According to them, controlled by GM Chevrolet brand will minimize its presence in Russia, Opel completely leave the Russian market by the end of December 2015.
GM Auto plant in St. Petersburg will stop car production in mid-2015, after which will be preserved. Contract assembly GM vehicles at GAZ will also stop in 2015.
«This solution avoids serious investment in the market with uncertain long-term perspective,” – said the president of GM Dan Ammann.
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