Š K O D A A U t O P ro d u ctio n

Škoda employees about
28.000 persons in staff world
wide having manufactured
over 900.000 cars in 2011.
Additionally Škoda manufactures in the Czech Republic
in the localities Kvasiny and
Vrchlabí.
Localities World Wide
Furthermore Škoda manufactures in China, Russia, India,
Kazakhstan and Ukraine. The
Škoda cars are exported in
more than 100 countries all
over the earth.
ŠKODA MUZEUM
Tř. Václava Klementa 294
293 60 Mladá Boleslav
Czech Republic
T +420 326 832 038
F +420 326 832 039
muzeum@skoda-auto.cz
muzeum.skoda-auto.cz
muzeum.skoda-auto.com
GPS: 50°25’7.615”N,
14°54’50.838”E
Russia
Kazakhstan
Czech Republic: Vrchlabí plant
Czech Republic: Mladá Boleslav plant
Czech Republic: Kvasiny plant
Ukraine
China
India
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Czech Republic Localities
The company head office and
the main plant of ŠKODA AUTO
a.s. are in Mladá Boleslav the
town about 50 km to the
north-east from Prague. Since
that time when the car manufacturing began here under
the founders Laurin & Klement
in 1905 over 10 millions cars
have been produced in the
parent plant in Mladá Boleslav.
Škoda auto
Production
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Accomplishments since 1895
ŠKODA AUTO a.s. with head
office in Mladá Boleslav (Czech
Republic) belongs to the eldest car manufacturers on the
world. Since 1991 the Škoda
has become the VW Group
make. In 2005 the traditional
make celebrated its 110 years
anniversary of the company
history and 100 years of the
innovative car manufacturing.
Pressing Shop
What should be a car some
day it is only a big metal sheet
coil initially. The metal sheet
is unwound and cut into
pieces. These pieces pass
through various presses in the
pressing shop. Between the
pressing tools and under high
pressure the material receives
requested form. From these
formed parts the car body is
assembled afterwards.
Car Body Making
The metal sheet parts coming
from the pressing shop are
assembled here into the so
called raw car body. Body
bottom assembly, side panels,
roof and doors all parts
are welded together, glued
or folded. As in the car body
making so many robots
are used there is own robot
workshop too.
Paint shop
After the car body making the
raw car body passes through
the paint shop. Initially the
antirust protection priming
paint is coated and then the
immersion baths are passed
through. The filler layer
prepares the undercoat for
the top coat layer. This varnish gives colour to the car
and it is sealed with clear
finish finally.
Component Parts Making
Many bigger car parts are
prefabricated and as a whole
assembled afterwards:
beginning from the engine,
through gearbox, axles, seats,
cockpit up to frontend.
Some component parts come
as prefabricated units from
the external suppliers other
ones are manufactured in
Škoda completely. The petrol
engines and the manual gearboxes are manufactured in
the Mladá Boleslav plant or
they are imported from other
production localities of the
VW Group.
The automatic gearboxes are
made in the Vrchlabí plant or
they are imported from production localities of the VW
Group. The axles for all the
Škoda cars are assembled in
the Mladá Boleslav plant.
Casting | Forge Shop
Beside forging and pressing
the casting is further possibility to bring the metal in requested form. At Škoda the
aluminium die casting is used
enabling highly efficient engine block manufacturing. The
Škoda competence in the die
casting technology has got a
long tradition. The heavy-duty
parts e. g. crank shafts are
forged.
Assembly Shop
In the assembly shop all component parts are assembled
into the finished car. The
engine and gearbox assembly
with the car body is called
“the wedding” traditionally.
The car interior fittings follow
the specific customer wishes.
All attachment parts are assembled inside as well as outside. The car stands on its
own wheels now, it is fueled
and passes tights quality
checks.
PLANT MANAGEMENT AT ŠKODA
Manufacturing Processes Live Experience
PRODUCTION AT ŠKODA
Innovation | Precision | Perfection
Tool Making Shop
The car form is defined in the
car styling. Then the component parts are designed. So
there is e. g. engine hood for
stabilisation made of several
metal sheets joined together.
The pressing tools giving its
shape to each single metal
sheet part of the car are made
in tool making shop – it is the
work demanding extreme
precision and representing the
Škoda core competence all
the time.
Plant Management
Equally fascinating as to drive
the Škoda car it is to see its
coming to existence in various
manufacturing processes under live experience.
Our visitors take a look at the
backdrop of the tradition rich
and simultaneously highly
modern Škoda Mladá Boleslav
plant. They feel the floor
vibrating in the transfer pressing machines rhythm, they
are witnesses of the precision
which each detail of our cars
is processed here with.
The plant is opened for the interested visitors to make a
sightseeing tour. After an introducing film presentation
in the cinema of the museum
the participants are guided
through the pressing shop and
engine and gearbox assembly
shop.
The guided tour is offered
in six different languages and
takes about 90 minutes. In
this way our customers and
all other car keen admirers can
see under close experience,
how the Škoda car comes to
existence.