#ExploreŠkoda News: 30 years since the foundation stone was laid: M13 – a key pillar of Škoda’s production

Mladá Boleslav, 14 February 2025 – After Škoda Auto joined forces with the Volkswagen Group in 1991, a major investment programme was launched. One of its key milestones was introducing the groundbreaking Škoda Octavia model series, which required an entirely new production line at the Mladá Boleslav plant. Exactly 30 years ago, on 14 February 1995, the foundation stone for this facility was laid by then-President of the Czech Republic Václav Havel and Volkswagen Group Chairman Ferdinand Piëch. The investment totalled CZK 11 billion, and by September 1996, production was already underway in Hall M13. Today, this state-of-the-art, highly flexible production line adapts to changing customer demands by building the Octavia with efficient combustion engines alongside the all-electric Enyaq family and the Elroq.

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