Skoda Mlada Boleslav Plant
1895 - Operational
Overview
Founded as Laurin and Klement, a bicycle workshop that grew into cars. Under Volkswagen Group ownership since 1991 it expanded into one of Europes most modern high volume plants, with an adjacent museum tracing the town whole industrial story.
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