The Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Volkswagen Group Components brands plan to discontinue short-time working at their German plants until further notice from 1 July, 2020.
This affects Brunswick, Chemnitz, Emden, Hanover, Kassel, Osnabrueck, Salzgitter and Wolfsburg plants.
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Short time working at Dresden and Zwickau ended some time ago.
"Thanks to the opening of dealerships and the sales promotion offerings, the order situation has recently developed in a positive way," VW said in a statement.
"However, it remains extremely difficult to predict further developments. We will therefore keep a close eye on the situation in order to react in line with demand," said Arne Meiswinkel, head of group HR policy and steering.
Andreas Tostmann, VW's production and logistics chief, said: "We are continuing to control production precisely in line with developments in markets and the demand of our customers."
Capacity deployment is currently between 75%% and 95% compared with production levels before the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
