VW Polkowice engine plant plans zl.800 million expansion

Polkowice-based engine producer Volkswagen Motor Polska has announced plans to increase production to a million units a year. According to president of VW Motor Polska, Burkhard Welkener, the expansion of production will cost some zl.800 million. He admitted, however, that no final decision had yet been taken. "Last year Volkswagen sold 5.2 million cars worldwide. We will have to persuade headquarters in Wolsfburg that part of the increased engine production should be located in Polkowice, not at our competitor plants in Hungary or Germany. We have experience in production and are able to manufacture every modern model," he said. The Polkowice plant is already undertaking a more modest expansion. A new 12,000 square meter workshop that was built earlier this year will be fully operational within the next few days. Engines produced at Polkowice are exported to Germany, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Portugal and Slovakia, with the Czech Republic soon to be added to the list. (Puls Biznesu, p. 3) A.Z.