Wolfsburg AG

Wolfsburg AG
FormerlyGIZ Gründungs- und Innovationszentrum GmbH
Company typeAktiengesellschaft
Founded1999 (1999) in Wolfsburg, Germany
FoundersCity of Wolfsburg, Volkswagen Group
Headquarters
Wolfsburg
,
Germany
Area served
Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony
Key people
RevenueIncrease € 507 million (2013)[1]
OwnersCity of Wolfsburg, Volkswagen Group
Number of employees
Increase 126 (permanent, 2013)
Decrease 8,659 (temporary, 2013)
Websitewolfsburg-ag.com

Wolfsburg AG is a German company headquartered in Wolfsburg. It was founded in 1999 with the goal of enhancing the attractiveness of the city of Wolfsburg.[2] Wolfsburg AG implements the AutoVision concept, which Volkswagen gave the city on the occasion of its 60th birthday.[3] It is a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) under German law, in which the city of Wolfsburg and the Volkswagen Group have equal shares. Today, Wolfsburg AG is considered to be a prime example of economic development in Germany.[4][5] Its activities have contributed significantly to more than halving the unemployment rate of the city of Wolfsburg.[6][7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference annual_report was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Michaela Paal (2010). Stadtzukünfte in Deutschland: Strategien zwischen Boom und Krise (in German). Berlin, Münster: Lit Verlag. p. 115. ISBN 978-3-643-10236-2.
  3. ^ Harald Willenbrock. "Wolfsburg, wir haben ein Problem" (in German). brand eins. p. 8. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  4. ^ Annette Harth; Ulfert Herlyn; Gitta Scheller; Wulf Tessin (2000). Wolfsburg: Stadt am Wendepunkt: Eine dritte soziologische Untersuchung (in German). Opladen: Leske und Budrich. p. 181. ISBN 3-8100-2661-1.
  5. ^ David J. Maurrasse (2013). Strategic Public Private Partnerships: Innovation and Development (in German). Cheltenham, Northampton: Edward Elgar. p. 73.
  6. ^ Peter Wilhelm (2003-06-21). "Wolfsburg als leuchtendes Vorbild". Saarbrücker Zeitung.
  7. ^ Anna Lena Peitsch (2005). Strategisches Management in Regionen: Eine Analyse anhand des Stakeholder-Ansatzes (in German). Wiesbaden: Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag. p. 236. ISBN 3-8350-0117-5.