Seat Celebrates 20 Years of Building Cars in Martorell Factory

SeatSeatSpain, 1950 > present29 models
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celebrated 20 years of building cars at its Martorell factory on February 22. The factory was built over 34 months with production complete in 1993. Since then it has built over eight million cars.

Martorell was the first new Seat factory since the Zona Franca factory near Barcelona in 1950.  Construction of the new factory began soon after VolkswagenVolkswagenGermany, 1938 > present98 models
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completed its purchase of Seat in 1990. The factory was cutting edge at the time and able to complete 1,500 cars a day. It covers 3 million square meters (1.15 square miles) and cost the modern equivalent of €1.5 billion to construct. There are two internal railways to deliver parts to the 12km-long assembly lines. The first cars to be produced in the factory were the second-generation IbizaSeat Ibiza Gen.2Spain, 1993 > 200226 versions
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and CordobaSeat Cordoba Gen.1Spain, 1993 > 20025 versions
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Since then, the Martorell factory has built 32 Seat models, and it currently builds the IbizaSeat Ibiza Gen.4Spain, 2008 > present316 versions
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, LeonSeat Seat Leon Gen.3Spain, 2012 > present146 versions
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, AlteaSeat AlteaSpain, 2003 > present133 versions
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, ExeoSeat ExeoSpain, 2008 > present65 versions
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and Audi Q3Audi Q3Germany, 2011 > present66 versions
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“Throughout its twenty-year history, Martorell has become increasingly advanced. Thanks to continuous investment in technology and a highly qualified team, we have improved quality to perfection, both in products and processes”, said Dr. Andreas Tostmann, head of production at Seat.

Today, Martorell employs 11,500 workers directly and 46,000 people work at surrounding suppliers to the factory.