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Business | Volkswagen

Chattanooga: VW may seek federal loans
Volkswagen’s chief executive says the automaker, which is building an assembly plant in Chattanooga, may seek access to the $25 billion in low-interest federal loans approved by Congress last week.
October 7, 2008
Chattanooga: VW Thing is the thing, car buff says
By vocation, Chattanoogan Wayne McCoy is a civil engineer and president of the consulting firm Miller/McCoy Inc.
October 4, 2008
Chattanooga: VW plant plans undeterred
Despite prospects of a big industrywide drop in new auto sales in the United States this year, Volkswagen will not backtrack on building its Chattanooga assembly plant, an official said Thursday.<
October 3, 2008
Chattanooga: EMJ lands VW work from city
Chattanooga city government plans to enter into a $2.25 million agreement with EMJ Corp. for the company to administrator contracts related to the construction of Volkswagen’s new plant.
October 1, 2008
Chattanooga: Willkommen
When Melina Maehler arrived in Hixson, she felt like she’d stepped onto a television set.
September 30, 2008
Chattanooga: VW says local minority companies to get first consideration as suppliers
A Volkswagen official told hundreds of minority business people seeking to become suppliers for the automaker Thursday that it will focus on Chattanooga area companies first.
September 26, 2008
Tennessee: State plans to pursue VW engine facility
While Volkswagen of America’s plans for a U.S.-based engine plant remain unclear, Tennessee’s chief economic recruiter says if the German auto giant does decide to build such a facility, the state intends to compete for it.
September 26, 2008
U.S. senator: Financial crisis could affect VW plant
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander said today that Volkswagen’s new plant in Chattanooga could be affected if the ongoing financial crisis is not resolved.
September 25, 2008
Transportation center eyed in Tennessee valley
While Tennessee Valley officials were eyeing South Carolina’s innovative auto research campus here last November, Volkswagen made its first contact with Chattanooga about a plant.
September 24, 2008
Chattanooga: Manufacturing as tourism
Mitch Lewites credits his 1987 BMW convertible for saving his life when he fell asleep at the wheel and careened down an embankment near his home in New Jersey.
September 24, 2008
Chattanooga: Expected growth puts city, county in planning mode
Future industrial and commercial prospects, in addition to Volkswagen’s coming presence in Chattanooga, have city and county officials here in a planning surge.<
September 24, 2008
Chattanooga: State cash flows to VW
An $80 million state grant was approved by the Chattanooga Industrial Development Board on Tuesday to push ahead the Volkswagen assembly plant.
September 24, 2008
Athens: VW reaches out to the region
Volkswagen of America Media Relations Director Jill Bratina stopped here Tuesday to tell about 150 local business owners and college and area officials they will be important to the plant being built in Chattanooga.
September 24, 2008
Chattanooga: Carolina shifted training into high gear
When BMW began accepting applications in 1993 for the initial 1,595 production jobs needed to staff its first American auto plant, there were more than 20 applicants for each of the new positions.
September 23, 2008
Hamilton County: BMW plant boosts school enrollment, quality and taxes
Less than six miles from where BMW is enlarging its only American automobile plant, construction crews are busy expanding the James F. Byrnes High School.
September 23, 2008

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