Volkswagen hosts first-ever Suppliers’ Day

KUANTAN, 24 November 2011– Volkswagen’s Regional Sourcing Office hosted a Suppliers’ Day with more than 300 people from automotive suppliers from Malaysia and throughout the Asean region attending, here today.

This is to educate these suppliers on the upcoming Volkswagen local assembly operations in Malaysia and for them understand better Volkswagen processes such as supplier management, logistics, quality and engineering.

Among those who also attended were Government officials, current and potential suppliers, officials from DRB-HICOM and colleagues from Volkswagen production officials from Wolfsburg, Germany.

The event offered the platform for business opportunities to Malaysian suppliers and to provide a gateway for these companies for more international opportunities.

It was also aimed at displaying Volkswagen’s confidence on the quality of suppliers not only from within Malaysia and regionally.

The Volkswagen brand, with its 62 production facilities throughout the world, is constantly looking out for production opportunities and to build and establish a bigger network of suppliers to complement the brand’s growth in key markets.

A total of 11 speakers from the various organisations presented their plans and strategies, including supplier quality awareness and logistics requirement processes, for the half-day event.

About Volkswagen Group Malaysia

Volkswagen Group Malaysia Sdn Bhd was incorporated with the Malaysian Registrar of Companies (ROC) in December 2005 and launched its corporate headquarters at Wisma UOA Bangsar in February 2006. It was a declaration to the Malaysians that it had established operations in the country with the intention to bring in Volkswagen passenger vehicles to Malaysia. The company appointed DRB-Hicom Auto Solutions Sdn Bhd (DHAS) in 2009 as its Malaysian importer and most recently, signed an agreement with DRB-HICOM Berhad for local assembly of Volkswagen cars, which was done in the presence of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. This was in line with the Volkswagen Group’s expansion activities in Southeast Asia under its Strategy 2018 growth program.