Stuttgart is planning to build anew painting plant at its headquarters in Zuffenhausen. Representatives
from the Porsche construction department today briefed the committee for
the environment and technology in a meeting of the Stuttgart municipal
council on the company’s plans. The sports car manufacturer will invest
approximately 200 million euros in the project.
The new facility is to be built on the Dürr AG site as a direct extension
of Porsche plant 1, parallel to the embankment located there. Porsche
acquired the site in Spring this year. The intention is to make a start on
construction work in Fall 2008, and start-up is expected for 2011. 170
vehicles a day can be painted in the facility in a two-shift operation. The
new painting plant is designed so that it can also be run in a three-shift
operation. The plan is for the new facility to be operated in parallel with
the existing painting plant for a transition period.
Porsche AG Chief Executive Dr Wendelin Wiedeking said: “This decision will
further guarantee not only our growth curve, but also a considerable
element of the agreement on safeguarding the site for Zuffenhausen which
was entered into between the Board and the Works Council in July 2005. For
one thing, this means that jobs are safeguarded on a long-term basis, and
for another, that the preconditions are also created for the manufacture of
a premium vehicle like the 911 in Stuttgart in the future.”
In the financial year 2006/07, Porsche manufactured almost 39,000 911
series vehicles at its main plant at Zuffenhausen, more than ever before in
one financial year.
Representatives of Porsche will brief the Zuffenhausen District Committee
on the project today, on Tuesday. In addition, Porsche is planning a
special information event for the residents of the Stuttgart district of
Neuwirtshaus at the end of January 2008. But one thing is already certain:
the new painting plant will reflect state-of-the-art technology and will
meet all legal requirements.
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