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Internationalization demands
flexible attitudes to time,
location and substance.
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Roland Plener is among those who took that
step. He has been with Audi since September
, most recently as a group leader in
assembly. Plener will be one of the fi rst to go
to Mexico to set up production. “I want to do
pioneering work here,” he says. “To play a
part in shaping a plant from the ground up is
a tremendous opportunity. And I want
to experience the country and its people.”
Before Plener fl ies to Mexico, the Company
will prepare him intensively for the change.
He is taking Spanish language courses at
Audi Aka demie and completing an intercul-
tural training program. All of that is included
in the individual support provided by the
International Human Resources Management
team at Audi. In  – with the new plants
in São José dos Pinhais, Brazil, and San
José Chiapa, Mexico – Audi will have produc-
tion sites in  countries.
Audi has developed into a global corporation in recent years.
Today, approximately 80,000 people work for the Audi Group.
Innovation plays an important role in all areas. In 2014,
for example, the “Audi Inventors Award” was presented for
the fi rst time to 459 employees whose technical innovations
were patented in 2013.
Clean lines : interior designers in a seating box of the Audi TTS Coupé.
In the future, around 1,500 employee training courses will be
conducted each year in the Training Center at Audi México.