When Volkswagen's assembly plant opens in Chattanooga in about a year, traffic near the $1 billion factory probably will be like the first day of school, a planner said.
A jobs contractor with a focus in the auto industry that last year employed about 1,700 workers at the BMW plant in South Carolina has landed in downtown Chattanooga.
NASHVILLE -- Efforts by a Volkswagen lobbyist Tuesday to state the German auto manufacturer's concerns about legislation requiring all Tennessee driver license exams be conducted in English had a Northeast Tennessee representative questioning if the firm was trying to strong-arm lawmakers into dropping the issue.
NASHVILLE — Efforts by a Volkswagen lobbyist Tuesday to state the German auto manufacturer’s concerns about a bill requiring all Tennessee driver license exams be conducted in English had a Northeast Tennessee representative questioning if the company was trying to strong-arm lawmakers into dropping the issue.
IF YOU GO
* What: VW/CreateHere wood giveaway
* Where: Architectural Surfaces, 405 E. Main St.
* When: Today, 10 a.m-3 p.m.
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The raising of Volkswagen's new Chattanooga assembly plant has hit a milestone as workers begin installing 398 robots inside the factory's body shop, officials said Thursday.
VW TRAINING
* Volkswagen's 163,000-square-foot training center is slated to be complete mid-spring.
* The state has agreed to commit $24 million to job training based on 2,000 workers VW has said it will hire, according to a memorandum of understanding b
PORSCHE SALES
About 20,000 Porsches were sold in the U.S. in 2009.
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By Mike Pare
mpare@timesfreepress.com
A new Volkswagen sedan is slated for production at the automaker's new Chattanooga plant in a little over a
Decosimo Certified Public Accountants will host a seminar series for potential Volkswagen suppliers and vendors presented by the German consulting firm RMG Consult GmbH.
The city's small-business incubator, slated for a $5.2 million upgrade later this year, also will start offering its services to firms across Hamilton County.
Workers were to start blasting away rock to ready the site of Volkswagen's planned supplier park adjacent to the automaker's new Chattanooga plant, officials said Tuesday.