Škoda Auto
automotive manufacturing subsidiary of Volkswagen Group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Škoda Works or Škoda Transportation.
Škoda Auto (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʃkoda] ( listen)), better known as Škoda, is an automobile maker. It is based in the Czech Republic. Škoda was bought by the Volkswagen Group in 2000.[3] Its total sales reached 684,226 cars in 2009 and 85,000 for the month of March 2011.[4] 1895
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Company type | Private company |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 1895 as Laurin & Klement |
Founder | Václav Laurin and Václav Klement |
Headquarters | , Czech Republic |
Number of locations | Factories in China, Czech Republic, India, Kazakhstan, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine |
Area served | Europe, Asia, South America, Australasia |
Key people | Bernhard Mayer (Chairman of the Board of Directors), Dr Herbert Diees (Chairman of the Supervisory Board) |
Products | Automobiles |
Production output | 875,000 units (2011) |
Services | Automotive financial services |
Revenue | € 16.559 billion (2017)[1] |
€ 1.611 billion (2017)[1] | |
€ 1.274 billion (2017)[1] | |
Total assets | CZK 228.180 billion (2016)[2] (US$ 8.89 billion) |
Total equity | CZK 137.580 billion (2016)[2] (US$ 5.36 billion) |
Number of employees | 35,437 (2020) |
Parent | Volkswagen Group |
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Website | www |
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