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The Volkswagen group is also extending its
activities in South Africa as part of its Strategy 2018.
The Uitenhage plant will therefore be strengthened by
investing approximately 50 million euro to renew and
expand the press shop. In addition, a new logistics
center in Centurion near Pretoria, in which a further
23 million euro was invested, was opened in June
2010. These investments will enable Volkswagen to
further extend its position as the market leader in
South Africa.
Volkswagen is also expanding its production
capacity in Mexico. Following the opening of a new sec-
tion in July 2010, the Puebla plant is now one of the
group’s largest production facilities with an annual ca-
pacity of 525,000 vehicles. The group has additional
plans to invest up to 1 billion US dollars in Mexico in the
next three years.
David McAllister, Minister-President of the Fed-
eral State of Lower Saxony, was appointed by the court
as a member of the supervisory board of Volkswagen
AG on 1 July 2010. He succeeds Christian Wulff, who
was elected Federal President on 30 June 2010 and
therefore left the supervisory board.
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