2.4.2019 Sindelfingen. The Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen, Germany has been awarded the contract for the production of an additional series: The Mercedes-Benz GLC will be produced starting in 2022 in addition to the already existing locations in Sindelfingen It has been agreed between the company and the works Council following constructive negotiations.
“With the production of the GLC in the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen we provide our global production network even more flexible and more efficient. In addition to vehicles, the luxury and the upper class, the factory now has another high-volume model in the highly sought-after SUV Segment. So we strengthen sustainably the future of the site. On the other hand we can react optimally to the high demand of our customers,“ says Markus Schäfer, member of the divisional Board Mercedes-Benz Cars, production and Supply Chain.
The production of the GLC is in Sindelfingen, a measure to further increase the flexibility of the Mercedes-Benz plant. In the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars can be reacted flexibly to changes in market demand.
“The fact that we produce here in the future, the GLC, is in Sindelfingen, a very good news for the site. Our sustainable strategy, jobs, employment and secure pay, has risen. We are pleased as the works Council, both for the location of Sindelfingen as well as for the Region,“ says Ergun Lümali, Chairman of the works Council of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen.
In the Mercedes-Benz the highly congested centre of excellence for the global production of the C-class and the GLC, the SUV since June 2015, Beijing Benz Automotive Corporation (BBAC) plant in Bremen, in Beijing for the Chinese market in October 2015 and production partner of the Automotive in Finnish Uusikaupunki Valmet since the beginning of 2017 from the Band.
Mercedes-Benz GLC (X253), 2019, designo SELENITES grey magno, upholstery leather saddle brown
“We are pleased that with the GLC in the future, another model of success out of Sindelfingen. This is not least the performance of our highly motivated and experienced staff. With the production of the Compact SUV GLA, which has been running since the beginning of 2018 for us in the innovation factory, we were able to show that flexibility is one of our core competencies. The Integration of the GLC in the Sindelfingen plant is a further step in the consistent orientation of the site to future competitiveness,“ said Michael Bauer, head of production Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen and the site Manager.
2014 plant management and the works Council have made with the image of the future the Foundation for the comprehensive modernization of the plant in Sindelfingen, Germany: at that Time, a total investment of 1.5 billion euros have been agreed. This, among other things, in the construction of a new building shell, as well as in the construction of the new Assembly hall, “Factory 56”, which is under the key words “digital, flexible, green,” one of the most modern Car plants in the world. To add a further 600 million Euro of investments in research and development at the site. Thus, the Daimler AG invested a total of 2.1 trillion euros in the location. The Sindelfingen plant will be able to build the electric vehicles of the upper and luxury class of new product and technology – brand EQ. In addition, a battery production site in Sindelfingen, Germany, is planned.
Mercedes-Benz GLC coupe (C253), AMG Line, in 2019, designo hyazinthrot metallic, upholstery leather designo platinum white pearl / black
