The Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa in the U.S. is the production site of the new C-Class .
The plant is located in Alabama and is the third location of the global
C-Class production network. The new C-Class sedan is running for the first time
in Tuscaloosa from the belt and accompanies its production program of the SUV
range, the M-Class, R-Class and GL-Class.
The sedan in the highest-volume series of Mercedes-Benz produced on four
continents: the Bremen plant in Germany started in February and in the South African
plant in East London started in May, the Tuscaloosa, and soon also the production site in Beijing
(China).
In the global production network, the Bremen
plant controls the lead-works, the global production of the C-Class, from the
tool strategy, the training of colleagues from the international locations, to
product quality.
Thus, Company ensures that its product is
of the highest quality at all its production site. A total of around 500 employees
from foreign plants, including more than 100 from Tuscaloosa, are undergoing
intensive training on how to pass on their knowledge and skills so that they
can act as multipliers in their respective parent plants.
According to Jason Hoff, Head of
Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa: "Many of our employees have partially
spent weeks and months in Germany to think intensively with the new C-Class and
the new technologies. With our
Inspired and motivated team, we are fully prepared to continue our success story'.
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