Audi Tooling Barcelona lays the foundation stone for new facilities in Martorell

Audi Tooling Barcelona, a subsidiary of AUDI AG specialising in die-making and welding line projects for the Volkswagen Group, has held the foundation stone laying ceremony for its new tuning and die-making centre this morning on land next to the Seat plant in Martorell.

Salvador Esteve, mayor of Martorell, and other company representatives, as well as Audi, presided over the start of construction work on the new facilities, which will also house the company’s management and engineering offices. The new centre will be operational from the first quarter of 2013.

The new facilities will have a total surface area of 4,100 m² expandable to 9,200 m², with a capacity of 70,000 annual hours for die tuning. It will initially be equipped with three 2,500-tonne hydraulic presses, a large-format milling machine, two 63-tonne cranes and an auxiliary machinery area. The management and engineering offices will occupy a 2,100 m² building.

The company closed 2011 with a workforce of 53 people, although the new centre is expected to create new opportunities and employment for another 100 people over the course of the next year.

Source | Audi