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Cars of five brands are produced in Bratislava at the same time, and production at other international locations can be taken over if necessary.
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Bratislava As a result of the global shortage of microchips, the Volkswagen site in Slovakia must also reduce its production. From Thursday, Volkswagen Slovakia will suspend production of its SUV models at the Bratislava plant until Friday, May 7th. Small car production, however, continues, as company spokeswoman Lucia Kovarovic Makayova announced to the media on Monday.
A week ago she had already confirmed that production restrictions could hardly be avoided. At that time, however, she was unable to give any details about the dates and affected models.
The Bratislava location occupies a key position within the Volkswagen Group because cars of five brands are manufactured there at the same time and the plant is able to take over the production of other international locations if necessary.
The approximately 12,000 employees of Volkswagen Slovakia in the capital Bratislava and two smaller locations are currently assembling the VW Touareg and Porsche Cayenne as well as the Audi Q7 and Q8 as well as the Volkswagen Up, Seat Mii and Skoda Citigo models.
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