All VW plants back in business
All 16 plants of the Volkswagen brand have now returned to production.
The Puebla plant in Mexico was the last to resume operations after 11 weeks. Production was suspended for about six weeks in Europe and for about 10 weeks in South America as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
Andreas Tostmann, member of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand board of management responsible for production and logistics, said: “We have succeeded in resuming production with priority on maximum health protection. Not a single part has been missing in production.”
Capacity at the plants is on average about 60% to 70% of capacity levels prior to the Covid-19 crisis.
