Autoeuropa defends that Portugal fears of “raising conditions” to produce more Volkswagens than Germany – O Economic Day



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O director-general of Autoeuropa defends that Portugal fears of “raising conditions” to increase auto production. At no time when the automotive production in Portugal sofreu a 46% bankruptcy, given March, Miguel Sanches defends that the country should assume this “challenge”, when the economy gradually began to reopen.

“Fazem-se mais Volkswagens na Alemanha do que em Portugal. We have to raise conditions so that they can be more Volkswagens in Portugal than Alemanha. He is defying what we fear ”, disse hoje or director-general of Autoeuropa, Miguel Sanches in conversation as prime minister and President of the Republic during a visit to the Portuguese factory of the German brand.

Numa talks about supply chains of automotive factories with António Costa and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, or director-general of Autoeuropa stressed that “the engine factories are installed together with factories that have a higher volume”. A close proximity to automotive factories as component factories is very important in this set for maintaining controlled costs.

During a visit to the German brand unit in Palmela, Setúbal district, or Governo, he announced that he will symbolically buy four cars from four factories in Portugal to show a sign of support to the setor, due to the serious crisis that he is going through.

“Giving back or trusting the trust that the automotive industry demonstrated in 2016 to the ability of the country to recover economically, we would also like to symbolically give a trusting trust to the automotive industry in the future,” commented by dizer or prime minister during A view to Autoeuropa this fourth-feira.

As well as three other automotive factories in Portugal only at PSA Mangualde, Viseu district, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Europe, not Tramagal, Santarém district, and Toyota Caetano em Ovar, Aveiro district.

“In the next few weeks, the Council of Ministers will proceed to acquire a journey in each of the four industrial units that in Portugal produce automotive vehicles of different categories and, naturally, one of them will be acquired here in Autoeurope,” he said.

António Costa also congratulated the Portuguese factory of Volkswagen for the way in which it prepared or returned to or from work, at a time when the country still continues to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Parabéns à form as we will implement this plan of non-working safety, of hygiene, will give back to the workers to be able to return to or work, they are their families so we can continue to coexist in safety,” he said during a visit to the Palmela factory in conjunction with o President of the Republic.

“It is possible to return to or work in security, since we all comply with the appropriate precautionary rules,” he said.

In 2019, Autoeuropa, which has more than five thousand workers, dated or year with a new record of production. The largest automotive factory in Portugal produced a total of 256,878 units, secondly, those reported by the Associação Automóvel de Portugal (ACAP) in janeiro. Per day, the Volkswagen factory produces in 2019 an average of 703 automobiles per day, weighing around 75% of the total automotive production in Portugal.

In March, Autoeuropa sofreu breaks a production of 48% for the 12,500 automobiles. Between janeiro e março, or recuo foi of 20.7% for a total of 56,600 units.



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