Györ production plantoverview

AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft., a fully owned subsidiary of AUDI AG, built over 1.9 million engines in 2008. It also assembles the Audi TT model range and the A3 Cabriolet, among other vehicles, in tandem with the Ingolstadt plant. Audi Hungaria is the principal engine supplier of the Audi and Volkswagen Groups, one of Hungary's highest revenue enterprises and also one of the country's biggest exporters.

Engine manufacturing

Engine production (pre-series) started as long ago as the end of 1993. The engine production plant in Györ, Hungary, was inaugurated in October 1994. With this move, Audi not only safeguarded its international competitiveness, it also created a strategic base in Hungary that is gaining increasingly in importance. Györ now produces almost the entire range of Audi engines. Some 400 different versions of basic engines are built there: four, six, eight, ten and twelve-cylinder engines featuring both TDITDISynonymous with muscular torque delivery and outstanding efficiency: TDI. Today, TDI engines are sporty, smooth and economical.TDI and FSIFSIGetting more out of every drop of petrol.FSI technology. The ten millionth engine was completed there in June 2005. Volume production of the new four-cylinder common rail engines started in October 2007.

Vehicle assembly

Assembly of the Audi TT models at Györ commenced in April 1998. The first second-generation Audi TT Coupé left the Audi Hungaria production line in April 2006, and was followed by the first TT Roadster of the same generation in that November. The bodyshells, which have already been painted in Germany, are brought by train from Ingolstadt to Györ, where they are delivered to the assembly hall. By the end of 2007, 382,445 Audi TT Coupé and TT Roadster cars as well as 216 of the new Audi A3 Cabriolet had been assembled in partnership with the Ingolstadt plant. Audi has systematically realised a new, process-oriented production concept at the plant – with short distances and fast, direct flows, from the delivery of parts to the transportation of the assembled cars.

Toolmaking

The Györ plant has also been making tools for the press shop and body shop since 2005. Highlights from a production technology viewpoint are the large presses with a maximum closing force of 2,500 tonnes and a maximum tool weight of 50 tonnes. Body parts for the Audi RS 6 and the Audi R8 are manufactured in small production runs.

Development and planning

As well as managing the plant's engine production operations, the Technical Centre handles engine development tasks for AUDI AG. It is also home to specialists in the production planning and information technology areas. As well as the engineering centre, the complex includes an engine testing zone equipped with twelve test rigs incorporating the latest generation of test rig technology.

Environmental protection

Audi Hungaria introduced the EMAS-based environmental management system as long ago as 1999. The plant has been ISO 14001 compliant since 2002. The company's pioneering role in the domain of environmental protection is reflected in the many prizes it has received, including the Central European Environmental Reporting Award, the Ökoprofit award and the EU's EMAS Award.