The Group has launched a course of for hiring certified specialists for building and operation. The Sagunt gigafactory could have an annual manufacturing capability of 40 GWh per 12 months, which can begin producing in 2026
PowerCo SE, the subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group to fabricate batteries, has launched a course of for hiring certified specialists for the development and operation of the gigafactory in Sagunt (Valencia).
In addition, it has already opened, within the heart of Valencia, its workplace for actions in Spain. From right here, he’ll direct the development of the Spanish cell manufacturing facility, which shall be related to the Group’s community of gigafactories in 2026.
The firm owned by the Volkswagen Group, based in July 2022, signed the acquisition settlement final week for a 130-hectare plot of land in Parc Sagunt II for the development of the Group’s second cell manufacturing facility in Europe. More than 3,000 jobs are anticipated to be created because of the manufacturing facility, the corporate recalled in an announcement
PowerCo CEO Frank Blome has said that “2023 would be the 12 months of PowerCo’s worldwide growth.” “In Spain, we’re consolidating the administration group and shortly we are going to begin the primary building works. At the identical time, we’re analyzing the following steps to observe in Eastern Europe and North America”, he identified.
The Sagunt gigafactory could have an annual manufacturing capability of 40 GWh per 12 months, and can provide all of this manufacturing quantity to the Volkswagen Group’s vehicle crops in Martorell and Pamplona. The begin of manufacturing is scheduled for 2026.
It is predicted that, sooner or later, the complete website within the Parc Sagunt II industrial property will occupy round 200 hectares. The growth of PowerCo SE’s enterprise in Spain shall be led by Thomas Dahlem, CEO, and Javier Rivera, CFO.
The PowerCo gigafactory in Valencia is a central undertaking of the ‘Future: Fast Forward’ programme, by way of which the Volkswagen Group and SEAT SA, along with different companions, are mobilizing a complete of 10,000 million euros to speed up the transformation of the Spanish vehicle business in direction of electrical mobility.