Speaking at an international conference hosted by the IG Metall trade union, Dr. Horst Neumann, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG for Human Resources, emphasised that "Globalisation requires an outstanding team. Volkswagen is therefore building up the skills, commitment and fitness of its workforces worldwide." To do so, international standards in vocational training are being implemented at Volkswagen. The Volkswagen Group is currently training 7748 young people in Germany and another 1861 worldwide. Having established extensive commitments to training for its German plants, which are now laid down in a collective agreement, Volkswagen is focussing its current training drive on locations abroad.

The Volkswagen Group with its headquarter in Wolfsburg is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest car producer in Europe. In 2006, the Group increased the number of vehicles delivered to customers to 5.734 million (2005: 5.243 million), corresponding to a 9.7 percent share of the world passenger car market. In Western Europe, the largest car market in the world, nearly every fifth new car (19.9 percent) comes from the Volkswagen Group. The turnover increased in 2006 to 104.9 billion Euro (2005: 95.3 billion). The result according to taxes amounted to 2.75 billion Euro in the last financial year (2005: 1.12 billion). The Group consists of eight brands: Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, Skoda and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.

Courtesy: Volkswagen Group, Germany

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