Volkswagen plans to spend more than 500 million euros to build a new plant in Poznan, Poland to produce large delivery vans, according to a report in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper.
The plant will reportedly produce Crafter vans, a model the company is taking over once a production partnership with Daimler expires, though other plants including one in Turkey are possible.
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Shifting the production to Poland is subject to approval from VW’s supervisory board and the FAZ report suggested that the move could be opposed by employee representatives.
The supervisory board’s formal decision is still pending, but the approval is expected prior to the company’s annual results press conference on 13 March.
According to Reuters, a VW spokesman said ‘the evaluation process continues’ and decision on where the production of van will take place is yet to be taken.
Bernd Osterloh, head of VW’s works council, has also referred to the pending van project’s sourcing and said that a decision is due in February.
