8月30日，一汽-大众华北基地建成投产仪式在天津举行，该基地进一步提升大众集团在中国市场SUV的产能。新基地第一阶段将累计投入将达到130亿元人民币，将为一汽-大众带来30万台的年产能。该基地将主要生产紧凑型或中级尺寸SUV，可实现大众和奥迪品牌的混线生产。此外，部分产能将保留用于生产插电混动车型和纯电动车型。华北基地作为一汽-大众年内启动的第四座新工厂，目前，一汽大众已经在五座城市设立了六家工厂，包括长春（东北基地）、成都（西南基地）、佛山（华南基地）、青岛（华东基地）和天津（华北基地）。天津工厂从2016年5月开始建设，历时23个月。占地面积108.09万平米，包括了冲压、焊接，涂装、总装四大车间及配套设施，可实现大众和奥迪品牌的混线生产。该基地将雇佣3500名雇员，吸引超过1500家供应商。此外，新工厂的运营还将有效促进相邻产业并在未来增加2万个工作岗位。

 

FAW-Volkswagen completes Tianjin plant to improve SUV offensive

FAW-Volkswagen North China base was officially put into operation on August 30 in Tianjin as part of efforts to strengthen the SUV offensive in China for Volkswagen Group.

 

The first phase of the new base, involving an investment of around RMB 13 billion, has a designed capacity of 300,000 vehicles on an annual basis. It will focus on manufacturing the compact or medium-sized SUVs for the Volkswagen brand and Audi brand. Besides, part of capacity will be saved for the producing plug-in hybrid vehicles and all-electric vehicles. FAW-Volkswagen has completed 4 new plants during the past several months. Currently, it has possessed a total of 6 plants in 5 cities, namely, Changchun (Northeast China base), Chengdu (Southwest China base), Foshan (South China base), Qingdao (East China base) and Tianjin (North China base).

 

It only took 23 months for the automaker to complete the North China base from May, 2016. Covering an area of 1.0809 million square meters, the newly-built plant has stamping, welding, painting and assembly workshops as well as relevant supporting facilities, which will satisfy the mixed-line production for various models under the Volkswagen and Audi brands.

 

Reportedly, the completion of the North China base will directly fuel employment for nearly 3,500 residents and attract over 1,500 suppliers. In addition, the new plant's operation will simultaneously promote the development of neighboring industries and add up to 20,000 jobs in the future.