Audi increases rate of production at it's Münchsmünster Production facility, Germany.

• More than one million components related to the chassis and 30,000 aluminum structural elements produced in 2015.
• Hubert Waltl, Head of Production: "Münchsmünster is key to Audi's growth strategy."
• Audi is a driving force for Bavaria .

The new Audi production facility in Münchsmünster is located about 30 kilometers east of the main factory in Ingolstadt. Hot stamping and cold frame components of high technology and light aluminum structural elements, among others, parts are produced here for the new Audi Q7. 

By 2017, a total of 900 employees will be working in the factory, sending everyone 26 million pieces annually.The complex high-tech Audi Neuburg Münchsmünster production unit, and future innovation campus (INCampus) make the Audi factory in Ingolstadt a major driving force for growth in Bavaria.

"The components are manufactured in Münchsmünster help us improve our system of lightweight construction," explains Hubert Waltl, Head of Audi production. The elements of hot stamped steel and aluminum castings to determine a lower weight while retaining the same strength and precision. "This is an essential contribution to reducing weight in the new Audi Q7, which is up 325 more kilograms lighter than its predecessor. The production facility in Münchsmünster is synonymous with ultra-modern, cutting-edge technology," says Waltl.

Currently, more than 500 employees work for Audi in Münchsmünster, in two or three shifts. Since the end of 2015, all areas of manufacturing components produce in three shifts a day. Peter Mosch, Chairman of the Works Council of Audi, expanding Münchsmünster seen as a test of responsibility to the region of Ingolstadt."This is the point of origin principle 'At the forefront of the art' and where we need to continue to concentrate the experience of the brand with the four rings," said Mosch, stressing that the correct structure is as important as the expansion itself.

In late 2013, Audi began operations in what were originally 31 hectares Industrial Park Münchsmünster for the production of structural elements of the frame made of cast aluminum, hot stamping parts and cold andother frame components. Investments in facilities achieved a triple digit figure in millions of euros. And now it is when production is reaching a higher rate.

In the ultramodern machinery aluminum smelting unit, production is growing rapidly. More than 30,000 structural components have already been made in 2015, including the connecting element between the side rails and suspension anchors of the new Audi Q7 and damper brackets in the new generation of the Audi A4.The total volume should reach approximately 200,000 units at year end.

In the nave of presses, Audi is currently installing a fully automated laser system. To this end, the company has implemented new technologies for stamping hot methods. The "laser area" will be fully operational in autumn. In total, this installation Audi produces 40 different stampings, such as side sills and the transmission tunnel of the new Audi A4.

So far this year, Audi has produced 1.38 million standard elements in the installation of frame components.At year end, this figure should reach 4.6 million parts, including wheel hubs, bearings, brake discs and portabujes primarily for Audi A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, Q5 and Q7. The technological area in which Audi develops all his experience are machining operations. The premium manufacturer is building a second line for wheel hubs, which in the future will be capable of producing one hundred percent of these elements in the factory Münchmüster.

The advantages of the installation of 48.2 hectares in Münchsmünster include its proximity to the main factory and good transport links through the federal highway B16 and B16a. A railway connection to the main railway line Ingolstadt-Regensburg is planned for 2017.

Audi has a commitment to environmental protection and sustainability: for example, the company recovers energy and heat in all areas of manufacturing and advanced techniques used in the system of air purification systems, wastewater treatment and isolation acoustic. Since 1997, the EMAS scheme Eco-management and testing of the European Union has been the benchmark for environmental facilities Ingolstadt.Münchsmünster production was fully validated for the first time, according to the EMAS criteria in 2015.

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