Mercedes A-Class Production

Mercedes-Benz A-Class W176 Production.

The new Mercedes-Benz compacts are produced in the flexible production network of the plants in Rastatt, Germany, and Kecskemét, Hungary, according to the standards of the Mercedes-Benz production system MPS. The high degree of flexibility is on the one hand due to the joint architecture of the new compacts, thanks to which all models at each location can be built in any order and volume. On the other hand, models produced at several locations serve as levers allowing the plants to breathe and to allocate units optimally in the production network, always according to market demand for individual models.
Production of the B-Class started in both plants as the first product of the new generation (Rastatt: September 2011, Kecskemét: March 2012). The new A-Class has been built in Rastatt since July 2012. As the second product from Kecskemét, production of the CLA started in January 2013. Production of the compact SUV GLA, to be introduced to markets in 2014, will soon begin in Rastatt. In total, Daimler has invested about 2 billion euros over several years, of which (including 2013) 1.2 billion at the Rastatt core plant and 800 million euros to build the new plant in Kecskemét. The number of staff at Rastatt rose to a record value of more than 6,600 by the end of 2012, at Kecskemét to about 3,400. Further investments connected to the new generation of compact cars were made at the powertrain plants in Germany, with almost 400 million euros between 2012 and 2013 for components exclusively used in compact cars. Additional production capacities for the A-Class are now available with the contract manufacturing at Valmet Automotive, with planned output of more than 100,000 vehicles of the model series between 2013 and 2016. In addition, local production of the GLA for the Chinese market at BBAC (Beijing Benz Automotive Corporation, joint venture of Daimler and its Chinese partner BAIC) is planned in the future.

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