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03.22.2012

VOLKSWAGEN CHATTANOOGA TO HIRE 800 TO MEET GROWING DEMAND

Chattanooga, Tenn - Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations announced today that the company is creating an additional 800 new jobs at its Tennessee manufacturing facility.

03.13.2012

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR FURTHER INVESTMENT IN TENNESSEE

Herndon, VA - Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) announced today that it will invest $40 million to build a warehouse in Roane County, Tenn. for distributing domestic auto parts for the Chattanooga-made Passat.

03.08.2012

Volkswagen Chattanooga Hires First 100 New Production Team Members

Herndon, VA - Volkswagen Chattanooga has hired the first group of about 100 employees from its variable workforce provided by Aerotek. These jobs represent hiring in addition to the previous 2,000 Volkswagen team members already hired.

02.07.2012

Volkswagen Chattanooga Completes 50,000th Car

Chattanooga, Tenn - Volkswagen Chattanooga achieved its first significant production milestone of 2012 this week – completion of its 50,000th Passat.

01.31.2012

VOLKSWAGEN CHATTANOOGA TO HIRE 200 FOR INCREASED CAPACITY

Chattanooga, Tenn - Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations, LLC today announced the company is creating 200 new jobs at its Tennessee manufacturing facility.

12.01.2011

Volkswagen Chattanooga Earns LEED Platinum

Chattanooga, TN - Volkswagen’s Chattanooga manufacturing plant has received a platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) green building certification program. The facility is the first and only automotive manufacturing plant in the world to receive the Platinum certification.

09.08.2011

VOLKSWAGEN CHATTANOOGA BUILDS 10,000th CAR

Herndon, VA - Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations reached its first significant milestone today when Passat number 10,000 rolled off the line in the brand new Chattanooga manufacturing facility.

05.24.2011

Volkswagen Inaugurates New Plant at Chattanooga/U.S.

Wolfsburg, Germany - Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, and the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray La Hood have today inaugurated the new Volkswagen Group plant in the United States in the presence of prominent representatives from politics, business and the media. At Chattanooga, Tennessee, over 2,000 employees are to produce up to 150,000 vehicles per year. The plant sets new standards in terms of sustainable, resource-efficient production.

04.05.2011

Volkswagen Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification Before First Customer Car Built

Herndon, VA - Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations announced today that the automobile manufacturing facility’s quality management system has been independently audited and confirmed as conforming with the requirements of the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) 9001:2008.

09.23.2010

Volkswagen Dealers Get a First Look at the Company's New Chattanooga Assembly Plant and Exciting Line-Up of New Products

Herndon, VA - HERNDON, Va., September 23, 2010 - Volkswagen of America Inc, is meeting with its 582 U.S. and 130 Canadian dealers to prepare them for what is certain to be a busy year ahead. The meeting, which takes place in Atlanta, will include a welcome address by Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management, Volkswagen AG, as well as a drive of more than 700 all-new 2011 Volkswagen Jetta vehicles to the company's brand-new assembly facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This will be the dealers' first opportunity to drive the all-new Jetta, which will arrive in showrooms beginning today. The 2011 Jetta delivers sophisticated style, precision German engineering and Carefree Maintenance, all at an extremely accessible starting price of around $16,000.

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