Automotive FDI and Dependent Development: The Case of Slovakia’s City-Regions in the Bratislava-Zilina Corridor

Table 1: Light vehicles production plants in slovakia and in adjacent regions of czechia and hungary, 2013.

Light Vehicles Assembly Plants in Slovakia
Firm	Origin	Region	Production Launched	Employment 2014	Vehicle Capacity	Vehicle Output 2013
		Slovakia	Dec 1991	16,000	1,000,000	906,303

Volkswagen⁽¹⁾	Germany	Bratislava	Dec 1991	9,000	400,000	344,892
Peugeot-Citroen	France	Trnava	Oct. 2006	3,200	300,000	248,411
Kia	South Korea	Zilina	Dec. 2006	3,800	300,000	313,000
Related Assembly Plants in Adjacent Regions of Hungary and the Czechia
Firm	Origin	Area	Production Launched	Employment 2014	Vehicle Capacity	Vehicle Output 2013
Audi/VW ⁽²⁾	Germany	Gyor, Hungary	Dec. 1993 engines; Apr. 1998 cars	11,000	125,000	42,851
Hyundai	South Korea	Nosovice, Czechia	Nov. 2008	3,300	300,000	303,460

Sources: Complied by author from [⁵²-⁵⁸]

(1) Including VW’s Martin powertrain and components operations in the Zilina Region, which employed 830, VW Slovakia employed 9,830 as of December 31, 2014, and 9,900 in Slovakia overall.

(2) Production of A3 sedan began on June 12, 2013. Pre-series engine production began in 1993, but the Audi/VW Gyor engine plant was not officially dedicated until October 1994.