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Neckarsulm
Automobiles have been built for over 100 years at the Audi site in Neckarsulm. Driven by innovative ideas, passion and perfection, this site has transformed from a factory for knitting machines to a modern automobile production plant. AUDI AG is one of the largest employers in the Heilbronn-Franken economic region, with 15,710 employees (as of: December 31, 2020) working here for the mobility of the future. The company builds the Audi A4, Audi A5 Cabriolet, Audi A6, Audi A7 and Audi A8 and their derivatives at the roughly one million square meter (10,763,910.4 sq ft) site. AUDI AG expanded the plant by approximately 30 additional hectares about six kilometers (3.7 mi) away in the Böllinger Höfe industrial park in the Heilbronn area. This is the headquarters of Audi Sport GmbH and the production site for the Audi R8 high-performance sports car and the fully electric Audi e-tron GT.
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Established | 1873 in Riedlingen (since 1880 in Neckarsulm) |
Plant director | Fred Schulze |
Production (as of December 31, 2019) | 157,230 automobiles |
Site area | Around 1.3 million m² (approx. 14 million sq ft) |
Employees (as of December 31, 2019) | 16,935 |
Models (as of December 31, 2019) | Audi A4 Sedan, Audi A5 Cabriolet, Audi S5 Cabriolet, Audi A6 Sedan and Audi A6 Avant, Audi A6 allroad quattro, Audi S6 Sedan and Audi S6 Avant, Audi RS 6 Avant, Audi A7 Sportback, Audi S7 Sportback, Audi RS 7 Sportback, Audi A8, Audi A8 L, Audi S8, Audi R8 Coupé*, Audi R8 Spyder* |
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Press Releases
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A visit to Audi Neckarsulm: Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann meets Markus Duesmann
Winfried Kretschmann, Minister-President of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, visits Audi’s Neckarsulm location and personally exchanges ideas about the transformation of the auto industry and the Neckarsulm location with Audi CEO Markus Duesmann for the first time. During a tour of the factory, Kretschmann witnessed production of the fully electric Audi e-tron GT quattro in the Böllinger Höfe. Afterwards, the Minister-President spoke with the Audi Chief Executive about the company’s strategy – and what general conditions need to be established in order to design the mobility of the future. -
From gamer to game-changer: Apply now at Audi for traineeships with perspective
Whether it's IT specialist, mechatronics technician or digitalization management assistant (m/f/d): Audi offers exciting training opportunities for young talents. To coincide with tomorrow's start of applications for the 2023 training year, school students can find interesting insights into jobs with perspective at audi.com/deineZukunft. From April 5, they can also find out about careers that are in-demand at the Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm sites at the digital event format "#stream&chat". -
How Audi uses artificial intelligence in production
A pilot project being conducted at Audi’s Neckarsulm site is using artificial intelligence to control the quality of spot welds in high-volume production. The solution is being advanced together with Siemens and Amazon Web Services as part of the Volkswagen Group’s Industrial Cloud, and is set to be rolled out at other locations.