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Guide to vehicle assembly plants in Europe NORWAY SWEDEN Sponsored by 33 16 ESTONIA 12 9 November 29, 2004 11 9 LATVIA 18 1 RUSSIA IRELAND DENMARK 21 greater worker flexibility and local U. K. LITHUANIA The East is key to sales growth, says Europe’s top producers 4 35 Felix Kuhnert, an auto consultant Vehicle assembly capacity, 12 for PricewaterhouseCoopers in 7 10 in thousands of units 12 14 7 29 southern Germany. 2004 2009 Europe’s growth “But being present in these 1. Germany 6,190 6,398 9 16 12 1 BELARUS 8 1 markets and the possibility to 2. France 4,356 4,500 7 6 2 7 JESSE SNYDER 5 10 4 export from there is another 3. Spain 3,329 3,318 14 4 NETH. 15 1 14 5 driver,” he said. “However, if you 4. UK 2,632 2,613 AUTOMOTIVE NEWS EUROPE 3 POLAND 6 19 look at the EU capacity trends 5. Russia 1,874 2,113 9 13 13 4 GERMANY through 2007 you also see 6. Italy 1,803 1,802 5 1 11 2 25 significant expansion in 7. Belgium 1,133 1,222 MUNICH – The manufacturing movement to the East continues. 2 5 BELGIUM 5 3 18 8 Germany.” 8. Turkey 1,003 1,105 New and expanded plants in eastern Europe have driven total vehicle 6 3 3 3 17 8 UKRAINE assembly capacity in greater Europe above 26 million units a year. 2 5 LUX. 19 Helped by the 2005 opening of 9. Poland 847 654 6 4 In central and eastern Europe, manufacturers are rapidly adding 31 1 7 CZECH a BMW plant in Leipzig, 10.Czech Rep.
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