The new jobs are connected to the production of Volkswagen's New Small Family models (VW up!, Skoda Citigo and SEAT Mii). The recruitment for body shop, paint shop and assembly shop workers started in August this year, and calls for the hiring of 1.800 people.
The company expects to reach full annual capacity of 400,000 units next year. The output of the Bratislava plant almost doubled in the first six months of this year, driven by the increaseing demand for the Audi Q7, Porsche Cayenne and Volkswagen Touareg SUVs.
Volkswagen Slovakia employs over 7.000 employees at its sites in Bratislava, Martin and Kosice.
Volkswagen Slovakia is extending the recruitmnent period for new workers at its factory in Bratislava until the end of March 2012