1991 |
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Mar. 12 |
Signature of a Founding Agreement between Volkswagen AG, Bratislavské automobilové závody, a.s. and the government of the Slovak Republic on the creation of a new company and on a business plan. |
May 30 |
Signature of an Agreement on the Transfer of Assets and of Articles of Association: this meant the establishment of Volkswagen Bratislava, s.r.o.[Ltd], in which VW AG had a 80% interest and BAZ, a.s. had a 20 percent interest |
Dec. 21 |
First two vehicles assembled - Volkswagen Passat B3 Arriva |
1992 |
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Feb. 14 |
Mass production begins in VW Bratislava (VW BA) |
Jun. 09 |
1 000th vehicle manufactured: a Volkswagen Passat Variant B3 |
1993 |
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September |
Beginning of operations in a new paint shop, with a daily capacity of 150 bodies |
1994 |
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January |
The product portfolio of the plant extended to include a new model, the VW Golf A3 |
Aug. 22 |
Mass production initiated at the gearbox assembly line |
1995 |
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Mar. 24 |
TÜV Hannover Sachsen Anhalt awards VW BA an international quality management system certificate according to the DIN ISO 2002/EN 29002 standard |
1996 |
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Sep. 19 |
We manufactured our 50 000th vehicle and our 400 000th gearbox |
1997 |
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Sep. 17 |
VW BA has 3,000 employees already |
September |
Operations begin in a new body shop equipped with laser welding robots |
1998 |
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Feb. 24 |
VW BA manufactures its 100 000th vehicle - a VW Golf A4 |
Jul. 01 |
The number of employees rises above 5 000 |
September |
The 1 000 000th gearbox is manufactured |
1999 |
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Jan. 01 |
VOLKSWAGEN in Bratislava begins the year under a new legal form: VOLKSWAGEN SLOVAKIA, a.s. |
May 19 |
Beginning of production in a newly built body shop |
Nov. 09 |
VW SK receives the Best Exporter and Best Business award in the 1999 edition of the Trend magazine’s prestigious Trend Top survey. |
2000 |
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January |
Commencement of the Volkswagen Polo for the Japanese Market project |
May 29 |
In Martin plant, beginning of operations focused on gearbox components manufacturing |
Nov. 10 |
VW SK becomes Best Business of 2000 |
2001 |
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September |
Mass production of the Volkswagen Polo A04 begins |
2002 |
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May 22 |
VW SK begins the mass production of a new sports model, the VW Golf R32 4Motion |
Jun. 30 |
Volkswagen Touareg reaches its mass-production phase |
2003 |
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January |
Manufacturing of the SEAT Ibiza begins |
Jan. 23 |
A new cableway is commissioned in the plant to carry all manufactured vehicles from the H3 assembly hall to the speed testing track |
Jan 31 |
The Martin plant passes a quality management system certification audit |
May 20 |
The Volkswagen Touareg wins the 2002 Engineering Product of the Year award |
May 28 |
A Volkswagen Touareg becomes the 1 000 000th vehicle manufactured by VW SK |
Nov. 03 |
A new paint shop with a capacity of 1 200 bodies per day started |
2004 |
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January |
The popular Volkswagen Golf A4 is discontinued |
May 26 |
The Volkswagen Golf R32 becomes Best Engineering Product of 2003 |
Aug. 25 |
The plant’s 3 000 000th gearbox is manufactured |
2005 |
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Jan. 29 |
A Volkswagen Touareg reaches a record breaking altitude of 6 080 m (the Ochoj del Salado volcano in Chile): assumed the highest point on earth from which a vehicle can safely return; this was also registered in the Guiness Book of Records |
Apr. 29 |
VW SK manufactures its 1 500 000th vehicle: a VW Touareg (with a W12, 6-litre, 331 kW engine) |
May 01 |
VW SK changes its organisational structure: Thomas Schmall, the new Chairman of the Board, takes the lead of the company |
May |
Once again, VW SK wins the Best Exporter of the Slovak Republic award |
October |
Onset of a new sport utility vehicle, the Audi Q7 |
November |
Audi Q7 mass production begins |
2006 |
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Apr. 21 |
The 250 000th Touareg V10 TDI 5.0l leaves the production lines |
December |
Dr. Andreas Tostmann is new Chairman of the Board of VW SK, Member of the board for human resources is Jaroslav Holeček, Member of the board for finance is Bohdan Wojnar |
2007 |
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January |
77 777th AUDI Q7 produced by VW SK |
March |
VW SK’s 4 000 000th gearbox manufactured |
May 25 |
2 000 000th vehicle made by VW SK drives off the production lines, It is the Volkswagen Touareg |
December |
End of production of Volkswagen Polo in Bratislava |
2008 |
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March |
Start of serial production of Škoda Octavia |
