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Area: 2,800,000 m² Production: 806,000 engines (2023)394,000 rotors / stators (2023) Models: Engines, rotors/stators and components Components: Cylinder heads, crankshafts, conrods etc., electric drive components Employees: around 7,500 at the site (2023)
Plant Built as a vehicle plant for the K70 in 1970, the Volkswagen component plant in Salzgitter today manufactures engine variants as well as important e-components for electric vehicles. In the future, it is planned that the Salzgitter plant will become the battery hub for the Volkswagen Group. To this end, the Volkswagen Group is investing around 2 billion euros in the transformation from the main engine plant to the main battery cell plant. The plant in Salzgitter is part of Volkswagen Group Components. This is an independent corporate business unit in the Group Technology division under the umbrella of Volkswagen AG and is responsible for development and manufacturing of strategic components for the Group’s vehicle-producing brands. Production Since the plant was founded in 1970, more than 63 million engines have been produced in Salzgitter. The power units are used in models of the brands Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi, ŠKODA, Seat, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Bugatti. Many millions of engine components are also manufactured in Salzgitter every year. In 2023, for example, 3.6 million conrods, 1 million cylinder heads, about 860,000 crankcases and 767,000 crankshafts were produced. As part of the transformation towards electric mobility, the Salzgitter component plant has specialised in the production of rotors and stators, two elementary components of an electric drive. Both components are used in the models of the Volkswagen ID. family. Plant management Andreas Salewsky is the manager of the Salzgitter plant. The mechanical engineer has been at Volkswagen since 1999.