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VW Factory Dresden *Must See*
« on: May 03, 2013, 10:28:08 pm »
As a petrol head you may have seen this one before....but isn't it sad?  Where did the UK motor industry go wrong?  Red Robbo and his union mates, incompetent management, idiotic politicians with their misguided subsidies, or what? 

Want to see why the Germans have a positive trade balance, in spite of paying workers some of the highest wages in the world?

This is quite incredible and worth watching all the way through  :happy2:
 

It could never happen here....  "Elf ‘n Safety" wouldn’t allow those moving objects (including overhead heavy objects) with not a hard hat to be seen – nor a high-vis jacket  :laugh:


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Re: VW Factory Dresden *Must See*
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2013, 07:45:48 am »
Nice find mate  :happy2:

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Re: VW Factory Dresden *Must See*
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2013, 08:32:29 am »
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W O W !!!!

Stunning!  :notworthy:

If you ever get the chance to visit Wolfsburg you must spend at least half a day visiting Volkswagen's Autostadt.



^ Those round towers are transparent car stores, all robot controlled with lifts.
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Re: VW Factory Dresden *Must See*
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2013, 12:38:27 pm »
Saw this video for the new MK7 the other day, was quite interesting.


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Re: VW Factory Dresden *Must See*
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2013, 01:42:10 pm »
nice MK7 video....so many robots....workers look pretty bored.....
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Re: VW Factory Dresden *Must See*
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2013, 03:27:09 pm »
Brilliant video esp. in 1080, the machines working in the first section, amazing.

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Re: VW Factory Dresden *Must See*
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2013, 04:52:16 pm »
I had a whole day in Dresden 3 years ago and never even thought to go to the VW factory! Too busy drinking beer .....
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Re: VW Factory Dresden *Must See*
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2013, 06:01:45 pm »
great watch, thanks for sharing.

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Re: VW Factory Dresden *Must See*
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2013, 06:48:39 pm »

I had a whole day in Dresden 3 years ago and never even thought to go to the VW factory! Too busy drinking beer .....


....What a wasted opportunity. You can drink beer anywhere.


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Re: VW Factory Dresden *Must See*
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2013, 07:00:28 pm »

Saw this video for the new MK7 the other day, was quite interesting.



....Fascinating! Those robotic arms are like giant insects.


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Re: VW Factory Dresden *Must See*
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2013, 10:15:15 pm »
Enjoyed watching the video many thanks.

How come they make it look so easy to put a car together as repairing them is not that easy!
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Re: VW Factory Dresden *Must See*
« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2013, 08:01:02 am »
Good to watch,not that dissimilar to JLR in Solihull tbh,no hi vis or hard hats on the lines there either only safety glasses an essential.The auto trolleys are at Aston Martin at Gaydon,the only thing we are missing is the giant car parks but we have the M25  :laugh:

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Re: VW Factory Dresden *Must See*
« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2013, 05:00:57 pm »
Loved the Mk7 video!
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