Volkswagen Sarajevo
Director: Sascha Schreiner
Address: Igmanska 36,
71 320 Vogošća, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: +387 33 433 858
Fax: +387 33 433 603
Website: www.volkswagen.ba
History
TAS (Tvornica Automobila Sarajevo) was established in 1970 in
cooperation between Volkswagen AG and UNIS, with Volkswagen holding a
49% stake and UNIS 51%. CKD assembly of the Volkswagen Beetle started in
Sarajevo in 1972, followed by CKD assembly of the GOLF and Jetta in
1976 and the Caddy in 1982. 1989 was a record year for the Sarajevo
plant, with a total of 3,500 employees assembling 37,000 vehicles.
Fallowing the war years, the Sarajevo plant was recommissioned in 1998.
Since 2001, Volkswagen AG has held a stake of 58% and joint venture
Prevent has held a 42% stake in the plant.
SKD assembly of Volkswagen, Skoda and Audi models started in
1998 and continued until 2008. In 2009, the EcoCarrier small electric
van was produced in cooperation with the German company EcoCraft.
Plant
The plant of Volkswagen Sarajevo d.o.o. has a total surface
area of 157,000 square meters, including 22,300 square meters of
production area in use and 36,700 square meters of unused production
area.
Production
Volkswagen Sarajevo produces components that are installed on
many different engines and models of Group brands. The main products of
the plant include stub axle, ring gears, wheel hubs and wheel flanges.
In 2011, the plant produced about 2.4 million stub axles, 1.0 million
ring gears and 0.6 million wheel hubs and wheel flanges. In addition the
plant produces intake pipes, exhaust silencers, swirl chambers, machine
parts and reservoir, tubes, currently to customers'''' specifications.
Sarajevo has also developed container production capabilities and now
manufactures a wide range of universal and special containers tailored
to customers'''' requirements. One of the special containers produced is a
push trolley with tilting system developed by the engineers of
Volkswagen Sarajevo. A patent for this invention is pending.
Environment
With its „Think Blue Factory" initiative, the Volkswagen brand
has set itself clear targets for the environmentally sustainable
positioning of all its plants. By 2018, the aim is to reduce the
environmental impact of all Volkswagen plants by 25 percent.
Specifically, this means 25 % lower energy and water consumption, waste
volumes and emissions at all plants. In January 2009, Volkswagen
Sarajevo was one of the first companies in the metal-working industry of
Bosnia and Herzegovina to be awarded an environmental permit. This is a
mandatory certificate that demonstrates that companies operate in
accordance with the environmental regulations laid down by the state. In
2011 Volkswagen Sarajevo received an ISO 14001 Certificate for its
environmental management system in November 2012.
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