Volkswagen Slovakia a.s.

In 2015 we experienced growth in the number of employees by 9.3% up to 10,800. It concerns the greatest number in history and almost 1,000 new jobs in Slovakia. The turnover of the company increased on the year on year basis by 17% to the record level of 7.2 billion EUR. Profit before tax increased by 9% to 213 million EUR.

The company investments in Slovakia increased on the year on year basis by 78% and reached the historically highest level of 414.6 million EUR. They were mainly directed in the construction of new operations. In the last year the volume of component purchases for the production of vehicles, gears and components reached 5.8 billion EUR. Supplies of parts from Slovakia represented the greatest share and amounted to 34.7%, i.e. two billion EUR in monetary figures. Supplies from Germany with 31.3% share and supplies from Hungary with 11.3% share followed. Exports of VW SK reached 7.1 billion EUR in 2015. The company exported 99.6% of the cars produced in Slovakia. The most significant markets were Germany with 36.8%, USA with 13.4% and China with 10% share. The company was established on 30 May 1991 as Volkswagen Bratislava, s. r. o. with 80% share of Volkswagen AG and 20% share of BAZ, a. s. At the beginning the plant employed 112 people who mainly worked manually. The first car originating on the Bratislava plant line was Volkswagen Passat in December 1991. Today more than 10,800 employees work in VW SK using up-to-date technologies, automated technologies and robots to produce vehicles of 6 brands for the Group.