Volkswagen Group Components - Plant Brunswick

Plant
The Brunswick plant is the oldest of all Volkswagen AG plants. Today, it stands for high technical competence and is one of the world's leading manufacturers of chassis components. Since 2019, the Brunswick plant has been a part of Volkswagen Group Components, an independent business unit within the Group's Technology Division under the umbrella of the Volkswagen AG, responsible for the production of strategic components for the Group’s vehicle producing brands. Battery technology has been part of the product portfolio since 2013, starting with the battery system for the e-up! The Braunschweig plant now produces battery systems for a large number of battery-electric and hybrid vehicles and has thus assumed a central role in the electric mobility of the Volkswagen brand. The other key products such as chassis and steering systems are both developed and produced at the site - for both conventional and electric and hybrid vehicles of the group.

The total area of the Brunswick site covers around 682,000 square meters. In addition to three plants in Brunswick, further axle production plants in Isenbüttel, Emden, Osnabrück, Meerane and Barsinghausen as well as a logistics center in Harvesse belong to Volkswagen Group Components Brunswick.

Production
The component production facility manufactures front and rear axles, steering systems and battery systems, among other things. In 2025 components for 5.6 million cars were produced.

The site is systematically geared towards e-mobility. Among the customers are the vehicle-building plants of Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi, ŠKODA, SEAT, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles as well as Lamborghini, Bentley and Porsche.

Management
Martin Schmuck is head of the Brunswick plant. He has been with the Volkswagen Group since 1996. Throughout his career, he has become familiar with the entire product development process. Starting in development at the Brunswick plant, he passed through further stations in planning, production and logistics. In his last position, he was leading the chassis component plant of Volkswagen Group Components in Wolfsburg.

Environment
The Brunswick plant is taking ecological responsibility. Efficient use and protection of natural resources are the key approaches of environmental protection.

The Brunswick site fulfills the requirements of ISO 14001:2015 (environmental management systems) as well as ISO 50001:2018 (energy management systems). The efficacy of the environmental and energy compliance systems is regularly being reviewed and verified by independent certifiers.