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Business | Volkswagen

Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 18, 2009
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Up to 400 robots to build VWs at plant
As Volkswagen starts assessing skills of potential production workers, officials Tuesday approved an array of equipment for VW's training center including robotic systems.
Posted: Tuesday - Nov. 17, 2009
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65,000 seek work at VW
Pamela Glant of Chattanooga says she sought a production job with Volkswagen's local auto assembly plant to improve her standard of living.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 14, 2009
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Thousands click to VW
Job seekers are stepping up the number of applications they're filing for Volkswagen production slots as the effort enters the last lap.
Posted: Friday - Nov. 13, 2009
150 to serve VW supplier
W.J. O'Neil Co. has opened an office and 25,000-square-foot fabricating facility in Chattanooga where it will oversee work for the building of the Volkswagen plant and employ up to 150 people, the company reported Thursday.
Posted: Thursday - Nov. 12, 2009
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VW eyes Audis for local facility
The VW plant in Chattanooga may build Audi models as well as the new midsize VW sedan, Volkswagen officials say.
Posted: Tuesday - Nov. 10, 2009
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VW got permit in record time
Volkswagen's initial air quality application was 600 to 700 pages long, and local Air Pollution Control Bureau officials believe it set a speed record issuing a permit for an auto plant in the United States.
Posted: Friday - Nov. 6, 2009
Moll Systems to install VW conveyors
Moll Systems, a German company that will install auto conveyors for Volkswagen's new assembly plant, has leased space in the Ooltewah area where it will employ up to 50 people.
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 4, 2009
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Filmmakers capture VW’s move here
Volkswagen’s return to making cars in the United States and Chattanooga’s role in that move has become the stuff of moviemakers.
Posted: Tuesday - Nov. 3, 2009
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VW starts installing equipment at paint shop
Volkswagen's paint shop will produce cars that may be red, blue and black. But workers installing the facility's first equipment Monday are thinking green.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 2, 2009
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Awaiting job applicant rush
DALTON, Ga. -- North Georgia career centers and technical colleges have experienced a trickle rather than a flood of Volkswagen applicants, officials say.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 31, 2009
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VW chief offers details on supplier park
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant chief said Friday that the planned supplier park near the VW plant is expected to have about eight to 10 suppliers at first and be ready next summer.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
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Auto execs warm hands around VW
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- The economy's rebound likely will lag, but Volkswagen is creating growth opportunities for the region, economic development officials said Thursday.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
VW reports profit falls 86%
FRANKFURT — German carmaker Volkswagen AG said Thursday net income for the third quarter fell 86 percent as the global downturn affected demand for its cars and trucks.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 29, 2009
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VW supplier park gets green light
After months of intense talks, Volkswagen officials said Wednesday a supplier park that could hold 15 companies or more will go up next to the automaker's Chattanooga assembly plant.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 28, 2009
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VW training site to open in December
Volkswagen's Training Academy, a building that's seen as key to a successful production startup, is slated for a mid-December finish, officials said Tuesday.
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