LLC Volkswagen Group Rus
Kaluga Plant

Plant

The plant of LLC Volkswagen Group Rus is located in the Grabtsevo tech park in the city of Kaluga, 170 kilometers to the south-west of Moscow. The total area of the plant is 2,100,000 square meters. The plant has all the facilities required for production, including a body shop, a paint shop and an assembly unit, as well as its own railway sidings. In addition, Volkswagen and ŠKODA models are produced at Nizhny Novgorod under a contract with GAZ, a company of the Basic Element Group. An engine production unit is located at Kaluga. The plant produces the newly developed 1.6-litre EA211 gasoline

engine. The engines are to be used for the Volkswagen Polo and the ŠKODA Rapid produced in Kaluga, as well as for the ŠKODA Octavia, built jointly with GAZ in Nizhny Novgorod.

Production

Currently, the Volkswagen Tiguan and Polo as well as the ŠKODA Rapid are manufactured in Kaluga. In addition, the Audi Q7 and Q8 models are produced on an Semi-Knocked Down basis (SKD) at the Kaluga plant. The maximum capacity of engine production is 150,000 engines per year.

Plant Manager

Stefan Depka (44) is appointed Technical Director of Volkswagen Group Rus effective February 1, 2019. Stefan Depka has two university degrees in mechanical engineering and an additional degree in economics. He joined Volkswagen AG in 2003, and changed several positions in China and Germany after that. In 2006, Stefan Depka became responsible for part of production within Paint Shop at Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg. In 2010, he took up the position of Assistant to the Board Member of Volkswagen Passenger Cars, responsible for production and logistics. In 2013, Stefan Depka became a Head of Production of the Volkswagen plant in Navarra, Spain. In 2015, he became a Head of Production at FAW- Volkswagen factory in Foshan, China.

Environment

The “Think Blue. Factory.” Concept is implemented at LLC Volkswagen Group Rus. The aim is to maximize the efficient use of energy sources and materials required for production operations at LLC Volkswagen Group Rus in order to keep the effect on the environment as low as possible and to conserve natural resources. There is to be a 40 percent reduction in the environmental impact of each vehicle and component by 2025. In specific terms, that means 40 percent less energy and water consumption, waste, and emissions at all plants. The environmental management and energy management systems are monitored every year for compliance with environmental policy and targets.

Investment

Volkswagen has invested more than €1 billion in the Kaluga plant. In total, the Volkswagen Group invested €2 billion in Russia between 2006 and 2019.

History

On April 20, 2006, the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft approved the plans of the Board of Management to significantly intensify the Group's activities in Russia. LLC Volkswagen Rus was founded on May 18, 2006. On May 29, the company signed agreements concerning the establishment of the plant at Kaluga. The foundation stone for the plant was officially laid on November 28, 2006, and one year later the first vehicles left the assembly line. Full manufacture at the plant started on October 20, 2009. On June 14, 2011 Volkswagen and the GAZ Group, part of the ‘Basic Element Group’, signed an agreement to assemble Volkswagen and Škoda models under contract at the GAZ plant in Nizhny Novgorod. The Volkswagen Jetta and the Škoda Kodiaq and Octavia are currently produced at Nizhny Novgorod. In September 2015, Volkswagen Group inaugurated its own engine plant in Kaluga. In February 2016, the 1 millionth vehicle rolled off the production line in Kaluga. In November 2016 Kaluga launched the production of new Tiguan and opened new body shop. In November 2018, the 500 000th Volkswagen Polo was produced in Kaluga. In October 2019, the 500,000th 1.6 MPI engine of EA211 series produced since the launch of the engine production.