Plant of Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) located in Uitenhage has been identified as the top factory in the worldwide Volkswagen production network in 2015. VWSA achieved the highest index rating of 113.2% among the 13 Volkswagen plants all over the world. This was the very first time that Uitenhage was ranked as the top manufacturing plant since the Beetle production began in August 1951.
The 13 worldwide Volkswagen production plants are all measured on the same vital performance indications such as production volumes, production quality, expenses per unit, devices produced per employee, Health and Safety occurrences and the factory’s enhancements in minimizing its carbon footprint.
VWSA achievements include the 120,000 Polos and Polo Vivos produced in 2015 at far better than budgeted expense levels. Another vital contributing aspect was surpassing the Think Blue Factory targets which were embedded in 2010 to minimize energy consumption, water usage, waste and emissions by 25%. By the end of 2015, VWSA had actually exceeded the target by 17.2% accomplishing 42.2%.
Of the 120,000 automobiles produced in 2015, over 66,000 Polos were exported to mainly ideal hand drive markets like United Kingdom, Australia, Japan and Ireland. In addition, 113,000 engines were likewise produced which 81,000 were exported to markets like India, China and Mexico.
In South Africa, Volkswagen kept its dominance of the automobile market for the sixth consecutive year with Polo Vivo and Polo being the first and second best-selling automobile models.
