All Skoda articles – Page 4
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ArticleSkoda celebrates 120 years of production
Czech Republic – The company has grown from its origins as a small-scale bicycle manufacturer in the 19th century to become a vehicle-maker which is active in more than 100 markets worldwide.In 1895, Václav Laurin and Václav Klement started designing and manufacturing bicycles under the name Slavia. Four years later, ...
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ArticleNew press shop: Skoda Mladá Boleslav
Czech Republic – The OEM has begun construction on the M4 hall and next spring will install a servo press line to produce aluminium body panels – introducing a new capability to the site. The €86m ($93.6m) facility will come online in February 2016.Costing €19.5m, the new hall will be ...
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ArticleMaier is Skoda’s new CEO
Czech Republic – Previously sales and marketing director at Porsche, Bernhard Maier takes over the leadership of Skoda from Winfried Vahland, who leaves the Volkswagen Group at his own request.Maier held several managerial positions at BMW in Germany and abroad before leading the business operations of Porsche Deutschland from 2001. ...
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ArticleSkoda Kvasiny turns out 500,000th Yeti
Czech Republic – The milestone vehicle, a Yeti Monte Carlo, rolled off the line six years after the model was launched as Skoda’s first SUV. The Yeti was redesigned in 2013 to create versions for urban and country driving, both available in front- and all-wheel drive. The sporty Monte Carlo ...
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ArticleSkoda plants restart after shutdown
Czech Republic – Mladá Boleslav, Kvasiny and Vrchlabí are again running at full capacity after a two- to three-week break for optimisation and expansion. Amid a range of adaptations, the main focus was the planned production conversion at Kvasiny.In order to accommodate a production increase at Kvasiny to 280,000 units ...
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ArticleSkoda halves production energy per car
Czech Republic – Over the 20 years the OEM has been working with its energy provider, Sko-Energo, production has seen a drop of more than 50% in energy use and a “significant” reduction in water consumption (including 15% in 2014).“Using energy efficiently gives companies a real competitive edge,” said Michael ...
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ArticleSkoda makes 750,000th Superb
Czech Republic – The milestone vehicle rolled off the production line at Kvasiny, just a few months before the market launch of the third generation of the model. The Skoda Superb has been the brand’s flagship car since 2001.Winfried Vahland, Skoda’s CEO, claimed the Superb has been “synonymous with the ...
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ArticleSkoda expands further at Kvasiny
Czech Republic – The plant and surrounding public infrastructure are to be modernised and expanded over the next three years, after the OEM signed a memorandum of cooperation with the government and the Hradec Králové authorities.Skoda will invest 7.2 billion CZK ($298m) in the Kvasiny site by 2018, boosting capacity ...
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ArticleSkoda produces 17 millionth vehicle
Czech Republic – The milestone car, a Skoda Rapid Spaceback, came off the production line at the company’s headquarters in Mladá Boleslav. Production of the 17 millionth vehicle highlights the success of the carmaker’s growth strategy; in 2014, Skoda manufactured and sold more than 1m cars for the first time ...
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ArticleSkoda celebrates 80 years at Kvasiny
Czech Republic – The plant opened in 1934 and has been part of Skoda since 1947, when the Superb started rolling off the line; it now produces three models with a workforce of 4,200. The factory has turned out more than 1.5m units to date.Skoda Kvasiny currently makes the Superb, ...
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ArticleSkoda’s new head of Purchasing
Czech Republic – Dieter Seemann will replace Karlheinz Hell, who will soon become executive director of Corporate Purchasing Electric/Electronic within the Volkswagen Group.Seemann started his career at Volkswagen in 1985 with a position in the Engine Procurement department. He occupied various roles in Purchasing and Project Management before moving to ...
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ArticleSkoda begins new Octavia Scout production
Czech Republic – The model is now rolling off the lines at the OEM’s main plant in Mladá Boleslav, ahead of its market launch at the end of August. The vehicle offers fuel consumption and emissions reductions of up to 20%.The Octavia Scout has featured in the Skoda line-up since ...
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ArticleSkoda sets to work in summer break
Czech Republic – Between August 4-15, preparations will take place at Mladá Boleslav for the production launch of the new Skoda Fabia at the end of the month. The OEM says that “extensive” maintenance and modernisation projects will also be carried out at Kvasiny and Vrchlabí.At Mladá Boleslav, Skoda will ...
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ArticleSkoda reaches 3m 1.2 HTP engines
Czech Republic – The three-cylinder engine of the EA 111 series, used in Skoda, Seat and VW vehicles, has been made at the OEM’s main plant in Mladá Boleslav since 2001; the 3m milestone was reached at the same time as the 500,000th MQ/SQ 100 gearbox.In addition to the 1.2 ...
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ArticleSkoda reaches 11m units at Mladá Boleslav
Czech Republic – The company’s main facility has been extensively modernised and expanded over the past three years, with the addition of a new bodyshop, a fully automated paintshop and a press line. The capacity of production Line 1 has increased from 800 to 1,200 vehicles per day; the 11millionth ...
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ArticleSkoda Rapid runs off the line in Kaluga
Russia – The model is now being produced at the VW plant in the south west of the country ahead of market launch in April.“Through starting production in Kaluga, the Rapid has been launched in our third-strongest market worldwide,” noted Winfried Vahland, CEO of Skoda Auto, adding that the company ...
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ArticleOwsianski to lead Skoda’s Chinese sales
China – As executive director of Skoda Marketing and Sales Business at Shanghai Volkswagen, Thomas Owsianski will look after the brand’s marketing, sales and aftersales activities in the country. Taking over from Paul Willis, who has been appointed managing director of Volkswagen UK, Owsianski will assume his new role on ...
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ArticleSkoda’s Yeti appears in China
China – A special version of the vehicle, tailored for the local market with larger dimensions and an optional spare tyre on the tailgate, is now running off the production lines in China, courtesy of Skoda’s association with Shanghai Volkswagen. The market launch of the new Yeti, called ‘Ye di’ ...
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ArticleSkoda melhora a logística na instalação Checa
Divisão da VW Skoda anunciou uma série de projetos de logística destinados a melhorar a eficiência e reduzir os custos de transporte, o qual disse que será pioneira na sua fábrica principal em Mladá Boleslav, na República Checa.A primeira das três inovações concebidas pela empresa é a implementação de novos ...
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ArticleSkoda улучшает логистику на чешском заводе
Подразделение VW Skoda объявило о серии логистических проектов, нацеленных на улучшение эффективности перевозок и снижение затрат. Испытание проектов будет проводиться на основной производственной площадке в Младе Болеславе, Чешская Республика. Во-первых, будут внедрены новые контейнеры для перевозки рулей управления. Контейнеры имеют меньший вес и большую площадь (на 20%) по сравнению с ...