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Das Corona Virus breitet sich schnell und weltweit weiter aus
Die Regierungen versuchen, durch teilweise drastische und bisher unübliche Maßnahmen, die Ausbreitungsgeschwindigkeit des Corona Virus zu reduzieren, um möglichst vielen gefährdeten Personen eine bestmögliche Versorgung durch die Gesundheitssysteme zu ermöglichen.
Andreas Renschler, TRATON GROUP
“In this crisis, the commercial vehicles industry will play an important role in the supply of food and medication to people”, says Andreas Renschler...
Gunnar Kilian
Together against Corona: The Volkswagen AG donates around 200,000 respiratory masks for public health care in Germany. To us, this act of solidarity goes without saying - especially in times of the corona crisis.
Stephan Wöllenstein
While the most severe times are behind us at Volkswagen Group China, there are other parts of the Volkswagen world which are suffering. Now familiar with conditions presented by the virus, we are sharing our best practice among every Volkswagen task force team worldwide. We have a simple, yet meaningful message that our employees would like to share with the world: United, we will win! You can count on us.
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Liebes Netzwerk,
aktuell macht mich das soziale Engagement der Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter der Volkswagen Produktion sehr stolz - und zwar weltweit. Sie gehen einkaufen für ältere Kolleginnen und Kollegen, sie sagen in verschiedenen Formen Danke an alle Krankenhaus Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter und vieles mehr! Kein Zweifel: Die Lage ist sehr ernst. Aber als globales Unternehmen sehen wir auch Zeichen der Hoffnung. Diese zu teilen, halte ich für genauso wichtig, wie sich mit den harten Realitäten zu befassen. Deswegen werde ich hier, in den kommenden Wochen, die eine oder andere Geschichte aus der Volkswagen Produktion teilen. Stay tuned.
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Coronavirus: Volkswagen uses 3D printing to produce face shields
In response to the corona crisis, the Volkswagen Group has started to produce face shield holders by 3D printing. This is part of a joint transnational initiative with Airbus and the 3D printing network “Mobility goes Additive”, which includes about 250 companies. The products developed by Airbus will be used in Spain and will be flown from Hamburg to Madrid by Airbus, next week. This cross-industrial initiative was launched in response to requests from the Spanish authorities, which will also distribute the products in the country. The aim is to make as many holders as possible by then. In addition, there are a number of other initiatives by Volkswagen Group brands to produce medical supplies. -
Volkswagen extends suspension of production
The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Volkswagen Group Components are extending the suspension of production at their German plants for a further five working days especially as a result of the continued fall in demand for vehicles and the challenges still faced by the supply chain. For a total of about 80,000 employees of Volkswagen AG, it is planned to end the resulting short-time working with the night shift of April 19 to 20. The plants affected are Dresden, Emden, Osnabrück, Wolfsburg and Zwickau as well as the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles plant in Hanover, the plants of Volkswagen Group Components at Brunswick, Kassel, Salzgitter, Chemnitz and Hanover and the German plants of SITECH. At the same time, the company continues to prepare intensively for the resumption of production. In this context, the protection of employees will once again be significantly strengthened. -
First consignment of medical supplies for hospitals and doctors has arrived from China
On Saturday, the Minister-President of Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil, and the HR Board Member of Volkswagen, Gunnar Kilian, took delivery of a first consignment of face masks from China in Brunswick. The Volkswagen Group is organizing medical equipment with a total value of about €40 million in China which will then be made available to doctors and hospitals in Germany. The supplies are to be delivered as soon as possible. The products or-dered include face masks, gloves, disinfectants, clinical thermometers, protective goggles and protective clothing. The first consignment, which arrived on Saturday, consisted of 400,000 face masks, 240,000 for medical facilities throughout Germany and 160,000 for hospitals and doctors in Lower Saxony. The distribution of the equipment is to be organized by public bodies. -
Volkswagen postpones Annual General Meeting 2020
Volkswagen has decided to postpone the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for fiscal year 2019 due to the spread of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and the measures in connection with containing the virus. Group CFO Frank Witter said: “The health of our shareholders, employees and service providers has top priority. For that reason, we will be arranging a new date for the Annual General Meeting originally scheduled for May 7.” -
Volkswagen releases medical personnel with full pay for voluntary work in the public health service
Volkswagen AG is releasing employees with medical qualifications for up to 15 working days with full pay if they volunteer for work in the public health service. The target group includes medical practitioners and paramedics of various categories as well as nursing and surgery personnel working at the German facilities of Volkswagen AG. In addition to people working in these areas for Volkswagen, employees with appropriate qualifications who work as paramedics on a voluntary basis, for example, will also be released if the need arises. -
TRATON SE postpones Annual General Meeting due to coronavirus outbreak
The Executive Board of TRATON SE has decided to postpone the Annual General Meeting for fiscal year 2019, previously scheduled for May 28, 2020, due to the strong spread of the coronavirus. -
Volkswagen extends suspension of production
The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Volkswagen Group Components are extending the suspension of production at their German plants for four working days especially as a result of the continued fall in demand for vehicles and the challenges faced by the supply chain. An application for an extension of short-time working for a total of 80,000 employees of Volkswagen AG has been submitted. It is planned to end short-time working with the night shift of April 9 to 10. The plants affected are Dresden, Emden, Osnabrück, Wolfsburg and Zwickau as well as the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles plant in Hanover, the plants of Volkswagen Group Components at Brunswick, Kassel, Salzgitter, Chemnitz and Hanover and the German plants of SITECH. At the same time, the company is preparing intensively for the resumption of production. In this context, the protection of employees will once again be significantly strengthened. -
Volkswagen Group supports doctors and hospitals with major donation of medical supplies from China
To ensure supplies for doctors and hospitals in Germany, the Volkswagen Group is organ-izing medical materials in China in the short term. The total value of the goods to be donated by the Group is about €40 million. The equipment – in-cluding face masks, gloves, disinfectants, clinical thermometers, protective goggles and protective clothing – is to be made available to medical personnel providing emergency treatment and care. Last week, Volkswagen had already donated about 200,000 FFP-2 and FFP-3 face masks for public health protection. -
Volkswagen brand offers dealers extensive liquidity support
Together with Volkswagen Bank, the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand has created a comprehensive package of measures to strengthen the liquidity of its dealers. In addition to offering extended payment deadlines, temporary increases in credit lines and improved interest conditions, bonuses and incentives are to be brought forward and audits are to be suspended. -
Volkswagen Group donates protective face masks
The Volkswagen Group will be providing about 200,000 category FFP-2 and FFP-3 protec-tive face masks for public health protection in the near future. The donation is being made in close cooperation with Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn. The city of Wolfsburg is also to receive further medical material. -
Volkswagen brand suspends production on Thursday due to corona crisis
The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand is gradually suspending production at its European plants. This will also affect Volkswagen Group Components plants. This is the brand's response to the impending rapid decline in demand on the automotive markets. Risks in connection with suppliers’ supply chains are also increasing. This is due to the significantly accelerated rate of infection by coronavirus and the resulting measures taken by the authorities. Initially, the factories are therefore expected to remain closed for two weeks. For the affected German sites, the measures are to apply from the end of the late shift on Thursday.
