Who will buy the Belgian factory of Audi? The issue is one of the most delicate at the moment, because there are approximately 2,910 jobs and the reorganization of the Volkswagen Group.
After the denial of the news of a possible purchase by the Chinese brand NIOthe fate of the production plant in Vorst, near Brussels, is still uncertain, with offers that, according to the House of the Four Rings, can still be submitted.
Still on sale
The news regarding the difficulties in the search for a buyer for the Belgian site of the Volkswagen Group was reported by Reuters. The press agency briefly reviewed the situation of the factory, also recalling that the news of the closure had originally been announced well before of the current crisis of the German Group, as it had already been decided at the start of production of the Q8 e-tron: Formally Vorst’s latest model.
The Audi factory in Brussels
According to the House, to date they have shown up “at the door” well 26 buyers. None of these, however, would have proven ready to hire the approximately 3,000 employees currently employed in the factory.
Although the search for a possible buyer is still ongoing, Reuters he specified that the House has now also started second talks from a social point of view for the personal and at the same time Audi announced that it had created a working group to try to understand whether there might be a possible future, in corporate plans, for the site within the entire Volkswagen Group.
Always at Reuters Gerd Walker, member of the Board of Management of Audi and responsible for production, commented on this:
“Unfortunately, there is currently no certainty that it will secure jobs at the site in the long term.”
Source: it.motor1.com
