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MAN triples the capacity of the truck plant in Kraków
The logo of the truck manufacturer MAN. Photo: Daniel Karmann/dpa
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The existing MAN plant in Kraków is to be expanded and produce more. With this, the company wants to improve the operating result by 1.7 billion euros.
On Friday, MAN laid the foundation stone for the expansion of its plant in Kraków, Poland. “Around three quarters of all MAN trucks and truck cabs will be assembled here in the future,” said Production Director Michael Kobriger.
At the main plant in Munich, space is needed for the mixed production of conventional and electric trucks. The capacity in Kraków will triple, and 1,500 additional jobs will be created there.
“An extremely flexible location with great variability is being created in Kraków, which will enable us to produce everything from light to heavy truck series on one line,” said CEO Alexander Vlaskamp.
300 vehicles daily
MAN is investing 130 million euros there and expanding the production area by a third. Production in the expanded area is scheduled to start in September 2022. The commercial vehicle manufacturer, which belongs to the VW Group, announced that 300 vehicles and driver’s cabs could then roll off the assembly line in three shifts every day.
“Our changes in the production network make us significantly more competitive in these challenging times,” said Vlaskamp. MAN decided a year ago to cut 3,500 jobs in Germany, to relocate parts of the truck production from Munich to Kraków and to move the construction of light and medium-duty trucks from Steyr in Austria to Kraków. The plant in Steyr was sold to an investor. The aim is to improve the operating result by 1.7 billion euros and thus have more money for investments in future technology.