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Successful 2010 Business Year at Audi Hungaria

2011. 03. 08.

• Outstanding sales figure
• Total capital expenditure over 4 billion euros since foundation
• More than 500 jobs created in 2010

AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft. looks back to a very successful business year: the company produced 1,648,030 motors (2009: 1,383,909), 19.1 per cent over previous year’s figure. In 2010, the volume of vehicle production was also on the increase. Altogether, 38,541 cars were made equalling to an expansion by 18.2 per cent as compared to 2009. The sales revenue of Audi Hungaria amounted to 4,775 million euros in 2010 (2009: 3,875 million euros, +23.2 per cent), and 247 million euros of capital investments (2009: 187 million euros, +32 per cent) were expended to develop equipment and processes. With this, the amount of capital investments cumulated since the foundation of the company surpassed 4 billion euros.

“We closed a very successful business year, the numbers of pieces we produced were significantly increased. Our product range was extended by a number of new, innovative motors and a sporty vehicle, the Audi RS 3 Sportback. We have proven again the high competency of Audi Hungaria and the flexibility of the company. Our colleagues contributed to last year’s outstanding results with high-level commitment and excellent quality of work”, said Thomas Faustmann the President of the management of AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft.

In motor manufacturing 1,648,030 (2009: 1,383,909) motors were produced representing an increase by 19.1 per cent. In this area, the introduction of 16 new motor variants and the inauguration of the Experimental Motor Manufacturing Centre (MAC) represented important advance moves. The 2.5-litre turbocharged FSI aggregate of the Audi TT RS, winner of the International Engine of the Year Award last year, deserves special attention.

The production results of vehicle manufacturing show an increase by 18.2 per cent. Altogether 38,541 (2009: 32,603) vehicles rolled off the manufacturing line last year. Starting the production of Audi RS 3 Sportback was an outstanding event, this car being Audi Hungaria’s first Sportback, assembled also in Győr. With this, there are already four models assembled on the same manufacturing line. In November last year, we celebrated the 500,000th Audi manufactured in Győr.

Audi Hungaria’s Tool Factory was operated at full capacity during the entire year. Since 2010, body elements for the Audi RS 5 have also been made in the Tool Factory.

The Motor Development Centre has been contributing to the lasting success of serial production with a number of optimisations, such as investigations into decreasing the frictional losses of motors. The Győr Motor Development Centre will become Audi’s competence centre responsible for friction optimisation.

Audi Hungaria’s sales revenue of 4,775 million euros (2009: 3,875 million euros) showed a significant progress over last year; this increase corresponds to 23.2 per cent.

Audi Hungaria made important capital expenditures in the business year 2010. The value of the projects, according to IFRS*, is 247 million euros (2009: 187 million euros) representing 32 per cent over previous year’s volume. The most important projects are the integration of the manufacturing of the RS 3 Sportback, the Experimental Motor Manufacturing Centre, the serial manufacturing of RS 5 body elements and the acquisition of new landed areas in connection with the factory extension.

“In the past business year we proved again that Audi Hungaria is a very successful company with high quality level, good cost structures and outstanding financial indicators. All these make a solid foundation for our future,” said Dr. Johannes Roscheck Managing Director responsible for finance.

In 2010, AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft prominently proved its social commitment. Since September last year, students can undertake their studies in the newly opened Audi Hungaria School where the foundations of their international medium and higher-level studies may be laid down. In the institution operating as the Győr department of the Baja General Cultural Centre of Germans in Hungary students receive both a Hungarian and a German certificate.
The intensive cooperation with the Széchenyi University in Győr and its Audi Hungaria Internal Combustion Engine Department opens new perspectives for the company. The innovative education structure allows the company to employ gifted students later on.

Audi Hungaria created more than 500 new jobs in 2010. As a result, at the end of this business year, 6,138 people (2009: 5,624) worked for the company showing an increase of 9,1 per cent. Audi Hungaria tenders its thanks to its colleagues for their excellent performance, flexibility and enthusiasm in the past year making a bonus payment, the amount of which is one and a half month’s salary on the average according to the local wage-level.

Audi Hungaria will be extended into an automotive factory covering the entire manufacturing process including press, bodywork and painting plant as well as an assembly line in the following years. With this, the company will have 900 million euros invested by the end of 2013. From that year on, 125,000 vehicles will leave the manufacturing line every year. With the expansion, the automobile manufacturer plans to create 1,800 new jobs; together with suppliers and service-providers, it will provide livelihood for more than 15,000 people.

The expansion aiming at the full spectrum of automobile manufacturing will offer development perspectives greater than ever before during the years to come. We are aware of our responsibility, and we want to answer the challenges ahead of us, so contributing to the realization of the strategic goals of the Audi concern,” emphasized Faustmann.

* IFRS - International Financial Reporting Standards

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