Mobility and Sustainability.

The VW plant in Braunschweig employs nearly 5,700 staff and manufactures axles, steering units, plastic parts, vehicle components and tools and machines The plant produces products for the brands of the Volkswagen group as well as for external customers.

Focus on energy savings
The optimisation of technology and improvement of the basic data are at the forefront of environmental protection at the Braunschweig location. Today protecting resources is one of the most important themes. In this area, the Braunschweig plant concentrates on energy savings. A series of measures has been implemented to do this. Energy supervisors ensure that programmes for saving energy are conducted both in production areas and in offices. The programme is monitored by inspections and energy audits. Search for compressed air leakages is another well-established measure. To save gas consumption the pre-heating temperatures of technical heat has been reduced. With the "red card for energy wasters", employees document energy supply for the lighting of unused rooms or machines that have not been switched off at weekends and production-free periods.

Historical workshop
The historical workshop of the Braunschweig Volkswagen plant is part of Volkswagen's historical communication programme. Over 30 current and former plant employees supervise the project which presents the plant history and keeps it alive. The first historical exhibits were displayed in summer 2003 during an open day. Today there are plaques at various locations in the plant which provide information to plant employees and visitors about important places and events. On the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, the apprentices in the Braunschweig mounted additional memorial plaques. They give information on the oldest building of the plant site, the "Alte Verwaltung" (old administration building) and the history of Hall 3 where a labour camp was sited from 1942-1945.