"Unboxing" in Salzgitter: Prime Minister Stephan Weil unpacks first industrial machine for future Gigafactory

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Tim Fronzek
Tim Fronzek
Volkswagen Group Components | Group Technology Division | Speaker Products and Innovations
Dr. Stefan Ernst
Dr. Stefan Ernst
Spokesperson Battery | Volkswagen Group Technology
Thomas Schmall, Member of the Volkswagen AG Board of Management for Technology and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PowerCo SE and Stephan Weil, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony
Thomas Schmall, Member of the Volkswagen AG Board of Management for Technology and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PowerCo SE and Stephan Weil, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, unpacking the first industrial machine for the future Gigafactory
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  • Salzgitter on its way to becoming the Group's global battery cell lead plant and industrial beacon in Germany
  • Job magnet: PowerCo grows to 1,000 battery experts

Salzgitter. Milestone for the Salzgitter Gigafactory: The Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil, unpacked the first industrial machine that will be used in the cell factory. The "unboxing" in large format – the entire machine is around 10 x 3 meters in size – marks the start of a new construction phase. From now on, the ramp-up of the machine and equipment park begins. More than 2,500 standard containers are required for the delivery of the equipment alone. The first mega project of the battery company PowerCo, which belongs to the Volkswagen Group, is thus fully on schedule; series production of battery cells at the Salzgitter site will start in 2025.

Thomas Schmall, Member of the Volkswagen AG Board of Management for Technology and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PowerCo SE and Stephan Weil, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony
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