SOVAC Production

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SOVAC Production SPA
legal form SPA
founding 2016
Seat Relizane , Algeria
Number of employees 550

SOVAC Production SPA is an automobile manufacturer based in Relizane ( Algeria ). It is a joint venture between SOVAC and Volkswagen AG , which holds a minority stake.

history

SOVAC has been a sales partner in Algeria for the Volkswagen brand since 2001, and later also for Audi, SEAT, Škoda and Porsche. The joint company SOVAC Production was founded at the end of November 2016. At the start of production in mid-2017, the plant employed around 550 people.

More than 15,000 units were produced in the first half of the year.

Models

Initially, SKD kits for the Volkswagen Golf , Volkswagen Caddy , Seat Ibiza and Škoda Octavia models are produced. In 2018 the models Seat Leon , Škoda Rapid (instead of the originally announced Fabia ) and Volkswagen Polo will be added.

Individual evidence

  1. Volkswagen Group and SOVAC SPA open multi-brand SOVAC Production SPA in Algeria. In: volkswagenag.com. July 27, 2017, accessed August 2, 2018 .
  2. ^ Usine Volkswagen en Algérie: le contrat a été signé. In: Dzair Auto. November 27, 2016, accessed August 2, 2018 .
  3. Volkswagen Group opens plant in Algeria. In: volkswagenag.com. July 18, 2018, accessed August 2, 2018 .
  4. a b Sovac Production SPA - 15,000 unités assemblées depuis juin 2017. In: autoalgerie.com. December 21, 2017, accessed August 2, 2018 (French).
  5. VW Group opens multi-brand factory in Algeria. In: produktion.de. July 28, 2017, accessed August 2, 2018 .
  6. Sovac Production SPA - Seat Leon, Skoda Rapid, Volkswagen Polo et nouvelle Seat Ibiza pour 2018. In: autoalgerie.com. December 21, 2017, accessed August 2, 2018 (French).