Volkswagen AG has hired and trained a third-shift team for its Chattanooga, Tenn., plant, bringing the total number of workers to 3,300.
The three production teams will rotate through two shifts and work 40 hours, VW said.
The plant will operate six days a week, 20 hours a day. This will allow for an increase in plant production time as well as even out weekly work hours for all team members. The addition of the third-shift team has boosted the number of employees well above the 2,000 announced when Volkswagen chose Chattanooga as the site for its only American assembly plant in 2008.
In 2013 the plant will have increased capacity to produce 180,000 vehicles per year, over 30,000 over its original capacity.
"The hard work of our production team over the past year has not only produced a car that won the J.D. Powers APEAL award, but has also provided opportunity for these new employees," said Frank Fischer, head of the Chattanooga plant.
The production change will provide a more predictable work schedule that allows for a better work-life balance for the teams, said Hans-Herbert Jagla, executive vice president of human resources at the plant.
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