An Internal Document Has Been Leaked: Volkswagen Would Really Close the Audi Factory in Győr
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According to recent information from the German investigative portal Correctiv, compared to the previously announced restructuring plans, the problem at Volkswagen is even bigger than what has been officially admitted: in addition to the closure of four plants in Germany, which will result in the layoff of around 50,000 people, the livelihoods of additional employees may be at risk, namely in Hungary.
The German car industry made perhaps the most significant decision in decades on Thursday. Volkswagen is embarking on the biggest restructuring in its 89-year history, as part of which it will cut another 50,000 jobs worldwide. Volkswagen's restructuring comes on top of another 50,000 job cuts already underway, while the future of four German factories has also become questionable. However, it has only now emerged that a fifth plant is also set …
Citing a Volkswagen Group executive, the investigative portal Correctiv wrote that the company's reorganization plans may include the closure of the Audi factory in Győr.
In July, we wrote about the threat to the Győr factory only as part of a long-term scenario.
Citing a managing director, the German press reported that the closure of the Audi factory in Győr was included in the Volkswagen Group's reorganization plans.
According to a German investigative news portal, four German factories may be closed, and there is a fifth one outside Germany. This happens to be the Audi factory in Győr.
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