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STUTTGART, Germany - Mercedes-Benz is again heading toward a production record with the target for 2011 more than 1.25-million units - and even South Africa comes in for praise.
Worldwide demand, Merc says, was met with additional shifts and extensive investment in "our high-performance network" and production lines would be shut down for as short a time as possible over the coming year-end holiday.
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Further expansion will occur in China, with about two-billion euros ready for investment there in the production capacity for the C-Class and the long-wheelbase version of the E-Class. The GLK compact SUV was recently added to the local production portfolio there and in 201 a new plant will begin to produce four-cylinder petrol engines.
Between 2010 and 2014 Daimler will invest $2.4-billion in its plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the traditional production site of the brand’s M, GL and R-Class SUV's, However Tuscaloosa will, from 2014, also assemble C-Class units for the North American market. Further large investments will be made in plants across Europe but Germany will remain the company's main production hub.
Mercedes-Benz says its plants will continue to turn out top-quality products: those in Bremen, Germany, and in East London, South Africa, received this year’s JD Power gold plant quality award for being the best production plants in Europe and Africa respectively.
Worldwide demand, Merc says, was met with additional shifts and extensive investment in "our high-performance network" and production lines would be shut down for as short a time as possible over the coming year-end holiday.
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Further expansion will occur in China, with about two-billion euros ready for investment there in the production capacity for the C-Class and the long-wheelbase version of the E-Class. The GLK compact SUV was recently added to the local production portfolio there and in 201 a new plant will begin to produce four-cylinder petrol engines.
Between 2010 and 2014 Daimler will invest $2.4-billion in its plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the traditional production site of the brand’s M, GL and R-Class SUV's, However Tuscaloosa will, from 2014, also assemble C-Class units for the North American market. Further large investments will be made in plants across Europe but Germany will remain the company's main production hub.
Mercedes-Benz says its plants will continue to turn out top-quality products: those in Bremen, Germany, and in East London, South Africa, received this year’s JD Power gold plant quality award for being the best production plants in Europe and Africa respectively.