The former Volkswagen automobile plant in Kaluga will remain idle after February 29. In this respect reports interfax.ru, with reference to the primary trade union organization ASM Volkswagen Group Rus LLC.
“All employees will be required to report to the facility on March 1, 2024 to be informed about the next outage period and how it will be organised,” the union said.
The Volkswagen concern announced the suspension of automobile production in Kaluga and contract assembly in Nizhny Novgorod on March 3, 2022. The company attributed the decision to the disruption of supply chains due to sanctions imposed by the West due to the events in Ukraine. Volkswagen Taos, Skoda Kodiaq, Skoda Karoq and Skoda Octavia models were produced at the GAZ plant in Nizhny Novgorod, and at the German group’s own plant in Kaluga – Volkswagen Tiguan, Volkswagen Polo and Skoda Rapid.
Governor of the Kaluga Region Vladislav Şapsha aforementionedThe Volkswagen automobile plant in Kaluga is expected to be operational again in the first half of 2024.
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