Volkswagen announces investment of R $2.6 billion in factory in SP

Volkswagen announced an investment of RS $2.6 billion in Anchieta factory in Sao Bernardo do Campo (São Paulo).
The value will be used for modernization of assembly lines, where it begins to be produced the hatchback Polo. In the first quarter of 2018, will begin production of the sedan Virtus.
The investment, which is announced during the celebrations of 60 years of the factory, is part of the program of R $7 billion automaker had announced in November 2016 and will be employed until 2020. The value is being divided between all the production units of the company.
"This investment announced now encompasses the work of our engineering and preparation of assembly line of Anchieta to receive MQB matrix models," he said in your speech David Powels, President of Volkswagen of Brazil and South America.
The new platform will give rise to a product line that will also have a compact utility and a pickup truck, with releases planned for 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Despite the new contribution in Anchieta, Volkswagen does not provide for the hiring of new employees. According to Powels, retraction of the market over the past three years does not make it possible to increase the number of workers. Will be used those who are away for employment protection agreements.
The company seeks to recover your relevance on the national market. Date of 2017, Volkswagen is in third place in sales of passenger cars and light commercial, with 12.6% stake. The leaders are General Motors (17.9%) and Fiat (13.7%). The data are from Fenabrave (entity which represents the retailers of vehicles).
Throughout the history of the automotive industry, the German automaker had a product leader 51 times. The beetle was the best-selling in 24 years, and the Goal in 27.