SARAJEVO, Bosnia (August 5,2008) - Europe's biggest car maker,Volkswagen, plans to move an assembling line from Slovakia to Bosnia, the director of Volkswagen's partner firm in Bosnia said yesterday.
Volkswagen runs an operation with Bosnian company ASA Holding, assembling Volkswagen and Skoda models at the Sarajevo plant.
"The steering board of Volkswagen Sarajevo is due to approve on August 27 the decision to move a factory from Slovakia to Bosnia," ASA Holding General Manager Nihad Imamovic told a news conference in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo.
"It will employ some 600-700 people," Imamovic said. He gave no reason for the move from Slovakia.
Volkswagen owns 58 percent of Volkswagen Sarajevo, and ASA Holding, its official dealer and car parts maker, owns the rest.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
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