Editing SEAT (section)

== Facilities ==

=== Martorell ===
[[File:Fàbrica SEAT Martorell.JPG|thumb|left|SEAT's industrial complex in Martorell]]
The headquarters and main manufacturing facilities of the company are located in Martorell, an industrial town approximately 30&nbsp;km northwest of Barcelona,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.seat.com/en/seat-news/2005/238.html |title=Martorell plant 15-years of activity celebrations |publisher=Media.seat.com |date=2008-02-22 |access-date=2012-02-05 |archive-date=2013-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815224938/http://www.seat-mediacenter.comen/seat-news/2005/238.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> with an annual production capacity of around 500,000 units.<ref>{{cite web |author=Viaintermedia |url=http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/paginas/Contenidosecciones.asp?ID=15&Cod=4469&Tipo=&Nombre=PV%20solar |title=PV solar&nbsp;— your source for renewable energy news– solar, wind, biomass, biofuel, hydro, CO<sub>2</sub>, solar thermal, hydro power, climate change, carbon trading |publisher=Renewable Energy Magazine |access-date=2010-03-08 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On 22 February 1993, [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|King Juan Carlos of Spain]] inaugurated this plant, which became the main plant of SEAT and was accompanied by its assembly plant at the coast in [[Barcelona Free Port|Barcelona's free port zone]] ([[Zona Franca (Barcelona)|Zona Franca]]). There is a rail link connecting SEAT's Martorell and Zona Franca facilities, which facilitates the transportation of vehicles and parts between the two locations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.seat.com/en/seat-news/2009/430-seat-inicia-el-transporte-ferroviario-entre-martorell-y-zona-franca.html |title=SEAT begins rail transport between Martorell and Zona Franca |publisher=Media.seat.com |access-date=2010-03-08 |archive-date=2011-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929003439/http://media.seat.com/en/seat-news/2009/430-seat-inicia-el-transporte-ferroviario-entre-martorell-y-zona-franca.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=al2017>{{cite web|url= http://automotivelogistics.media/intelligence/seat-megatruckload-progress |title=Seat: A megatruckload of progress |date=30 March 2017|publisher=Automotive Logistics |access-date=6 April 2017 |quote=a dedicated 'Autometro' train service links the Martorell plant directly to the port of Barcelona; last year, 106,499 finished vehicles moved on the train, or 23% of the plant's total production }}</ref>

The Martorell industrial complex houses numerous facilities, including [[Cupra Racing]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Torres|first=José Manuel González|date=2020-06-03|title=Cupra Racing: de Martorell a nuestras carreteras|url=https://www.muyinteresante.es/curiosidades-motor/fotos/cupra-racing-de-martorell-a-nuestras-carreteras-891590566299/1|access-date=2021-01-21|website=MuyInteresante.es|language=es}}</ref> (formerly SEAT Sport),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.seat.com/en/company/382-seat-sport.html |title=SEAT Sport |publisher=Media.seat.com |date=2009-03-21 |access-date=2010-03-08 |archive-date=2011-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929003455/http://media.seat.com/en/company/382-seat-sport.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> SEAT's Technical Center, Research and Development Center (R&D),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seat.com/com/generator/su/com/SEAT/site/company/visions/main.html |title=Visions + Innovation |publisher=SEAT.com |access-date=2010-03-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217052217/http://www.seat.com/com/generator/su/com/SEAT/site/company/visions/main.html |archive-date=2010-02-17 }}</ref> Design Center,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.seat.com/en/company/377-seat-design-center.html |title=SEAT Design Center |publisher=Media.seat.com |date=2009-03-26 |access-date=2010-03-08 |archive-date=2011-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929003515/http://media.seat.com/en/company/377-seat-design-center.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Prototypes Centre of Development,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.seat.com/en/company/378-centro-de-prototipos-de-desarrollo.html |title=Prototypes Centre of Development |publisher=Media.seat.com |date=2009-03-27 |access-date=2010-03-08 |archive-date=2011-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929003538/http://media.seat.com/en/company/378-centro-de-prototipos-de-desarrollo.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> SEAT Service Center, which includes the After-Sales Service and Customer Services divisions, as well as the Catalunya Motor dealership,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.seat.com/en/company/379-seat-service.html |title=SEAT Service |publisher=Media.seat.com |date=2009-03-22 |access-date=2012-02-05 |archive-date=2011-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821095309/http://media.seat.com/en/company/379-seat-service.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Genuine Parts Centre for SEAT, Volkswagen, Audi, and Škoda brands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.seat.com/en/company/381-centro-de-recambios-originales.html |title=Genuine Parts Centre |publisher=Media.seat.com |date=2009-03-25 |access-date=2010-03-08 |archive-date=2011-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929003557/http://media.seat.com/en/company/381-centro-de-recambios-originales.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The factory in Martorell can sometimes assist the former SEAT plant in Pamplona, which is now owned by Volkswagen-Audi-Espana, S.A.<ref name=":0" />

The models produced at Martorell includes: [[SEAT Arona|Arona]], Formentor, [[SEAT Ibiza|Ibiza]], [[SEAT León|Leon]], Leon Sportstourer and [[Audi A1]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Amaya|first=Álvaro Prieto|title=¿Qué coches se fabrican en España?: Estos son los modelos y datos|url=https://www.autonocion.com/que-coches-se-fabrican-en-espana/|access-date=2021-01-21|language=es}}</ref>

* SEAT Technical Centre,<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Gallina·July 28|first1=Eric|last2=Read|first2=2015·3 Min|date=2015-07-28|title=SEAT Technical Center Celebrates 40th Anniversary|url=https://www.formtrends.com/seat-technical-center-celebrates-40th-anniversary/|access-date=2021-01-21|website=Form Trends|language=en-US}}</ref> located in Martorell, is focused on R&D. More than 1,294 people work there. In that centre, SEAT fully develops new vehicles. The centre covers a surface area of 200,000{{nbsp}}m<sup>2</sup>. They use virtual reality technologies in order to design the “new SEAT” cars.
* SEAT Design Center:<ref>{{Cite web|title=SEAT Design Center|url=https://www.seat-mediacenter.com/companypages/facilitiespage/SEAT-design-center.html|access-date=2021-01-21|website=www.seat-mediacenter.com|language=en|archive-date=2021-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129013118/https://www.seat-mediacenter.com/companypages/facilitiespage/SEAT-design-center.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> it officially opened in 2007 and is located within the SEAT Technical Center. This facility brings the entire design process together. As of 2020, 100 people work there.
* Prototype Development Centre (PDC)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-21|title=SEAT's new automotive prototyping center puts 3D printing front and center|url=https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/seats-new-automotive-prototyping-center-puts-3d-printing-front-and-center/|access-date=2021-01-21|website=3D Printing Media Network - The Pulse of the AM Industry|language=en-US}}</ref> was inaugurated in 2007 and is one of SEAT's main projects. It consolidates the activities related to the initial phases of the design and development of a new model. It brings together the knowledge, personnel and resources of the Prototype departments of the SEAT Technical Centre and the Pilot Workshop of Process Engineering in Martorell under one roof.
* Spare Parts Centre is an area with 75,000{{nbsp}}m<sup>2</sup> that distributes parts and components to SEAT, [[Volkswagen]], [[Audi]] and [[Škoda Auto|Škoda]] dealers in Spain, to SEAT dealers in [[Portugal]] and also to SEAT importers all over the world.
* SEAT Service: The After-Sales Service, SEAT Technical Training Centre and Catalunya Motor dealership. This facility covers a surface area of 8,000{{nbsp}}m<sup>2</sup>. As of 2020, the workforce is 170 employees.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
* [[Cupra Racing]] (former SEAT Sport): this facility covers a surface area of 16,000{{nbsp}}m<sup>2</sup> and is close to the manufacturing plant and the SEAT Technical Centre in Martorell. This centre is where SEAT adds sporty finishes to the SEAT range and prepares different competition models, such as the Cupra León Competition or the Cupra e-Racer.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

=== Zona Franca ===
[[File:Centre de Formació de la Seat- a1.jpg|thumb|170px|SEAT's Training Centre in Barcelona's Zona Franca]]
SEAT's factory in Barcelona's Zona Franca started its activities in 1953 and was the production facility where the first SEAT models such as the SEAT 1400 and the 600 were built. In 1993, the car production began to get transferred to the new Martorell plant, and since then, the Barcelona factory has been producing parts such as doors, roofs, fenders and chassis.

80% of the production<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-02|title=Seat resucita su fábrica de la Zona Franca|url=https://www.economiadigital.es/empresas/seat-invierte-57-millones-para-disparar-la-productividad-en-barcelona-fabrica-zona-franca_628826_102.html|access-date=2021-01-21|website=Economía Digital|language=es}}</ref> of the parts for the MQB A0, the compact modular platform of the [[Volkswagen Group]] on which the Ibiza and Arona are based, is carried out in these facilities, as well as most of the stamped parts for all other SEAT models. The development and assembly facilities are some of the newest within the Volkswagen Group, with the ability to produce cars<ref>[http://green.autoblog.com/2009/04/23/audi-announces-the-production-of-the-q3/ – Audi announces production of the Q3, looking for low-CO2 help] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111114932/http://green.autoblog.com/2009/04/23/audi-announces-the-production-of-the-q3/ |date=November 11, 2013 }}</ref> not only for its own brand but also for other Volkswagen Group brands, such as [[Volkswagen]] and [[Audi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.seat.com/en/company/375-fabrica-de-martorell.html |title=Martorell Factory |publisher=Media.seat.com |date=2009-03-29 |access-date=2010-03-08 |archive-date=2010-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326035549/http://media.seat.com/en/company/375-fabrica-de-martorell.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> For example, the development and design of several Audi models (e.g. the [[Audi A1]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061205/SUB/312050002|title=Winterkorn considers jettisoning VW's Spanish brand &#124; Automotive News}}</ref> the [[Audi A3]] Sportback,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.autonews.com/article/20030901/GERMANNEWSLETTER/309010778 |title=The A3 five-door version is design engineered at Seat |publisher=Autonews.com |date=2003-09-01 |access-date=2012-02-05}}</ref> the [[Audi Q5]], etc.) and also several Audi development projects took place there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.autonews.com/article/20060911/GERMAN_NEWSLETTER/60911011 |title=Seat to develop Q5 and a subcompact for Audi |publisher=Autonews.com |access-date=2012-02-05}}</ref>

This plant is an industry benchmark, as it features elements such as the virtual simulation of the PXL press, 3D printing in the maintenance workshop, the automatic shifting between sealing tips of the robots in the body shop, and the automation of the logistics flow through automated guided vehicles.

The Barcelona Zona Franca site includes the SEAT Training Centre,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.seat.com/en/seat-news/2007/19.html |title=El Centro de Formación de SEAT cumple 50 años |publisher=Media.seat.com |access-date=2010-03-08 |archive-date=2011-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929003648/http://media.seat.com/en/seat-news/2007/19.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Zona Franca Press Shop factory, producing stamped body parts, and the Barcelona Gearbox del Prat plant, producing gearboxes not only for SEAT but also for other Volkswagen Group marques ([[Volkswagen]], [[Audi]], and [[Škoda Auto|Škoda]]);<ref name="Gearbox del Prat">{{cite web |url=http://media.seat.com/en/company/380-gearbox-del-prat.html |title=Gearbox del Prat |publisher=Media.seat.com |date=2009-03-23 |access-date=2010-03-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326040151/http://media.seat.com/en/company/380-gearbox-del-prat.html |archive-date=2010-03-26 }}</ref> the latter plant was awarded the Volkswagen Excellence Award in 2009 by the Volkswagen Group for high-quality production process and product.<ref name="Gearbox del Prat"/>

=== Other manufacturing plants ===
Another plant owned directly by SEAT from 1975<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.autopasion18.com/HISTORIA-SEAT.htm |title=Seat Historia |publisher=Autopasion18.com |access-date=2010-03-08}}</ref> was the Landaben plant in [[Pamplona]], but in December 1993 its ownership was transferred to the Volkswagen Group subsidiary "Volkswagen-Audi-Espana, S.A.",<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.volkswagenag.com/vwag/vwcorp/info_center/en/themes/2010/05/seat_celebrates_60_years/signing_the_contract_with_seat.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205220231/http://www.volkswagenag.com/vwag/vwcorp/info_center/en/themes/2010/05/seat_celebrates_60_years/signing_the_contract_with_seat.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-05 |title=Volkswagen Group Vertragsunterzeichnung mit SEAT |publisher=Volkswagenag.com |date=1993-02-22 |access-date=2012-02-05 }}</ref> and the site today is producing Volkswagen cars in Spain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carulli.com/cronoseat.htm |title=Seat Anno Per Anno |publisher=Carulli.com |access-date=2010-03-08}}</ref> However, SEAT's Martorell site still provides support to Volkswagen's operations in the Pamplona plant when necessary, as it did after a serious fire in the paint shop in the Landaben VW plant in April 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.seat.com/en/seat-news/2007/47.html |title=SEAT paints 4,600 VW Polo in Martorell |publisher=Media.seat.com |access-date=2012-02-05 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
[[File:SEATpavAutostadt.JPG|thumb|SEAT's Pavilion at Autostadt, Wolfsburg]]
Factories of the Volkswagen Group currently producing SEAT models also include the [[Bratislava]] site in Slovakia, the [[Volkswagen Zwickau-Mosel Plant]] in Zwickau, Germany (where the [[Cupra Born]] EV model is produced alongside the [[Volkswagen ID.3]] Electric vehicle);  the [[AutoEuropa]] factory in [[Palmela]], Portugal,<ref name="SEAT Today">{{cite web|date=2009-03-23|title=SEAT hoy|url=http://media.seat.com/en/company/368-seat-hoy.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718053942/http://media.seat.com/en/company/368-seat-hoy.html|archive-date=2009-07-18|access-date=2010-03-11|publisher=Media.seat.com}}</ref> and [[Wolfsburg]] in Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.seat.com/en/seat-news/2004/208.html |title=SEAT's plant in Martorell reassumes 100% of the Ibiza production |publisher=Media.seat.com |date=2004-10-19 |access-date=2012-02-05 |archive-date=2013-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815224936/http://www.seat-mediacenter.comen/seat-news/2004/208.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since 2016, SEAT also holds a museum in the Zona Franca's 'Nave A122' site, which hosts all production and prototype models ever presented by SEAT together with some special or limited edition vehicles with historical value for the brand and the automotive history of Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-06-01|title=El museo 'secreto' de Seat|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20160531/402170003789/museo-seat.html|access-date=2021-01-21|website=La Vanguardia|language=es}}</ref>

Among SEAT's subsidiaries, the SEAT Deutschland GmbH subsidiary company is based in [[Mörfelden-Walldorf]], Germany, and apart from its commercial activities, has the further responsibility of operating SEAT's electronic platform, the SEAT IT Services Network.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seat-it-services.de/ |title=SEAT IT-Services |publisher=Seat-it-services.de |access-date=2010-03-16 |archive-date=2018-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808162146/http://seat-it-services.de/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In Wolfsburg, Germany, in the middle of a lake inside the [[Autostadt]], the Volkswagen Group's corporate theme park,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.autostadt.de/ |title=Start |publisher=www.autostadt.de |access-date=2012-02-05}}</ref> is SEAT's thematic pavilion, one of the largest pavilions in the park.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seat.com/com/generator/su/com/SEAT/site/events/autostadt/main,lang=es.html |title=SEAT Pavilion at the Autostadt |publisher=Seat.com |access-date=2012-02-05 |archive-date=2017-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723144926/http://www.seat.com/why-seat/inside-seat/who-we-are.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Other company facilities ===
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* Casa SEAT: is a benchmark urban mobility promotional lab and was inaugurated in June 2020. It is located in [[Passeig de Gràcia, Barcelona|Passeig de Gràcia]] in [[Barcelona]] and is SEAT MÓ's headquarters.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CASA SEAT opens its doors to the world {{!}} SEAT|url=https://www.seat.com/company/news/company/casaseat-opens-doors-world.html|access-date=2021-01-21|website=www.seat.com|language=en}}</ref>
* SEAT: CODE (Center of Digital Excellence) is the software development centre. Since its establishment in 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Events|first=UKi Media &|date=2019-08-01|title=Seat recruits at new software development center in Barcelona|url=https://www.automotivetestingtechnologyinternational.com/news/test-facilities/seat-recruits-at-new-software-development-center-in-barcelona.html|access-date=2021-01-21|website=Automotive Testing Technology International|language=en-GB}}</ref> it has led the company's digital transformation and created digital solutions to boost SEAT, Cupra and SEAT MÓ. In July 2020, this centre inaugurated its headquarters in Barcelona.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Williams2020-09-02T16:12:00+01:00|first=Marcus|title=Setting the scope for recovery and resilience at Seat|url=https://www.automotivelogistics.media/oems/setting-the-scope-for-recovery-and-resilience-at-seat/41014.article|access-date=2021-01-21|website=Automotive Logistics|language=en}}</ref>
* SEAT's dealers: Besides selling SEAT and Cupra, some also offer second-hand vehicles or KM0 under the company DasWeltAuto, belonging to the Volkswagen Group. Many dealers also offer maintenance, parts, supplies and repair of the models. Outside Spain, SEAT has distributors in more than 70 countries.   
* SEAT Componentes produces gearboxes for SEAT, Volkswagen, Audi and Škoda in its factory in [[El Prat de Llobregat]] (Barcelona). It was founded in 1979; the facilities cover more than 150,000 square meters and have a manufacturing capacity of up to 3,500 gearboxes daily, in a complete process that goes from the foundry to assembling and quality control. In 2020 this facility had more than 1,000 employees and produced two different gearbox models: the MQ200 and the new MQ281.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SEAT Componentes|url=https://www.seat-mediacenter.es/companypages/facilitiespage/seat_components.html|access-date=2021-01-21|website=www.seat-mediacenter.es|archive-date=2020-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922013922/https://www.seat-mediacenter.es/companypages/facilitiespage/seat_components.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Their combined maximum capacity is 800 thousand gearboxes per year.