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Audi has a new plant in Changchun province of China

A fully digitalized final assembly shop that kicked off construction in June 2008 is taking shape in Changchun, Northeastern China, and will lift the total assembly capacity of Audi AG in China to 200,000 cars per year.

The shop is in the factory of FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Co., Ltd., which is a sedan joint venture of China's FAW Group Corporation, Volkswagen AG. Audi AG, and Volkswagen Automobile (China) Investment Co., Ltd.

Now, the main body of the shop has sealed the roof and related infrastructure facilities have been completed about 80%. In line with the current schedule, the shop that costs around CNY 1 billion will start operation in July 2009.

Impressively, the design and management of the shop adopt digital technologies to let computers carry out dynamic simulation and data analysis, saving considerable cost and time and enhancing efficiency.

Insiders disclose that the shop will assemble the brand new generation models of Audi, including new Audi A4, Audi Q5 and other derivative models. The initially designed production capacity is 250 cars per day.