Rheinmetall not currently negotiating on VW's Osnabrueck site, says CEO
27/11/2025 13:54
BERLIN, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger said on Thursday that the German defence company is not currently negotiating further with carmaker Volkswagen about its factory in Osnabrueck. Whether Rheinmetall invests in the factory, which Papperger visited earlier this year to determine if it would be a good fit for a conversion to military production, depends on a special contract, he told a foreign journalists association. "At the moment, we are not negotiating further because the plants we have currently established at Rheinmetall have sufficient capacity for the orders we have received and those that are in the pipeline," he said. (Reporting by Miranda Murray and Matthias Inverardi; editing by Matthias Williams) ((Miranda.Murray@thomsonreuters.com;))