Porsche AG have promised their German workforce that they will secure the jobs of the 8,600 workers for the next five years, on the condition that they pledge to boost productivity by more than 6 percent every year. They have also cooked up a long term plan for growth within the country, with the investment of an indefinite amount of money (few hundred millions of Euros) in three of its German plants in Stuttgart, Weissach and Ludwigsburg. Moving everything slightly closer to home seems to be their current plan of action, as they are also moving production of the Boxster roadster, which is built at Finland’s Valmet Automotive, to Stuttgart permanently next month. This will partly help to secure jobs for the German workforce while filling up unused capacity in Stuttgart.
Starting early next year, Valmet will only supply the painted car bodies of the Cayman coupe, which will be then assembled in Stuttgart. This has gotten Porsche labour leader expecting the need for extra shifts, saying daily output will likely rise from 140 units per day to 200 units. If by any chance production capacity reaches its limits, Porsche will make use of VW’s extensive manufacturing network, which is not a stretch as Volkswagen’s Hanover plant already supplies the painted bodies of the Porsche Panamera GT.
“Against this backdrop, we are confident that we can continue to increase our revenue and earnings in the coming years,” said Porsche outgoing CEO Michael Macht.
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That’s good HRM right there…
My porsche is made in China
Scale 1:32
Yeah.
Here in Stuttgart you can see Porsche Museum in Zuffenhausen and Mercs Museum in Bad Canstantt….and this is the land for automobile
Man
Germany
This is what 1M’sia gomen should learn from… ‘People First!’ Especially when difficult time comes (not ‘People POCKET First’)…
Kinda feel porsche is the old man sport car…i nvr like it…
Driving a Jaguar XKR is the “old man” sports car, so does Bentley Conti GT or Arnage Drophead Coupe and RR Phantom Coupe…now that’s “old man” sports car…not the porsche dude!!!
Well,centralised the production in Germany is good full utilisation of the plant there. Wasting the production capacity means wasting the capital invested to the plant.
If Proton receive VW offer maybe Porsche will be produced in the underutilized proton plants.
Stop dreaming la….
Face the reality that Proton will never do such things…
Agreed with Peter! U expect VW gonna let “our” quality work touches the brand Porsche? Dream on…
The Valmet built Porches have always had better quality than the German built cars. Just wait and see how the quality rating of Boxter and Cayman will go down. Next generation Boxter and Cayman will probably be built in a VW plant. Porsche will now be fully integrated into the VW group slotted between Lamborghini and Audi. The end of a great era.