REHAU investing USD 50 million to expand Alabama plant for Mercedes-Benz contract On September 1, Germany-based REHAU announced plans to invest USD 50 million to expand its Cullman County, Alabama facility, which recently secured a contract to build exterior polymer-based components for Mercedes-Benz’s Alabama-made SUV models.REHAU supplies components to the current Mercedes-Benz GLE and GLS models with both conventional and plug-in hybrid driv...

News  Updated at: 2021/09/09

Mercedes-Benz begins construction of battery factory near Tuscaloosa, Alabama plant On October 5, Mercedes-Benz held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new battery factory as it announced the start of production of its first all new GLE model (formerly known as M-Class), based on a completely new SUV platform, at its plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.The new battery factory will provide batteries for future EQ-branded electric SUVs and be located, along ...

News  Updated at: 2018/10/10

Mercedes-Benz U. S. International, Inc. developing local supplier network After its Supplier Forum 2017, Mercedes-Benz U. S. International, Inc. announced on May 30 that it is working to develop more suppliers with locations in Alabama to support its Tuscaloosa plant. Currently, almost 200 U.S.-based suppliers are providing support to the plant. The majority are international companies that have followed Mercedes-Benz to Tuscaloosa and establishe...

News  Updated at: 2017/06/01

First Mercedes-Benz GLA rolls off production line in India Mercedes-Benz has started production of the GLA compact SUV at its Indian plant in Pune.Sales of the compact SUV in India started in early 2015. The Indian plant produces the GLA 200 CDI equipped with a 2.1-liter diesel engine. The gasoline engine variant continues to be imported.After recently finishing the extension of the plant in Pune, it has an installed capacity of producing 20,000 ...

News  Updated at: 2015/06/15

Mercedes-Benz unveils revised GLE midsize luxury SUV Daimler announced on March 25 that the revised Mercedes-Benz GLE midsize luxury SUV celebrates its world premiere at the New York Auto Show in April.The Mercedes-Benz M-Class was thoroughly revised and the name has been changed to the GLE based on the new naming policy.The new GLE has more appealing front and tail ends, and its model range has been extended to include a new plug-in hybrid model...

News  Updated at: 2015/03/27

Mercedes to shift R-Class production to AM General Daimler announced on January 27 that Mercedes-Benz U.S. International has selected AM General to manufacture the Mercedes-Benz R-Class luxury vehicle. Contract manufacturing at AM General is planned to start the production of the R-Class in summer 2015.The Mercedes-Benz R-Class has been offered exclusively in China since 2013. The model series, which has been available in China from the outset as...

News  Updated at: 2015/01/29

NSK to supply hub unit bearings to Daimler and Ford NSK Ltd. has received new orders to supply its hub unit bearings to Daimler AG and Ford Motor Company. NSK’s bearings are already delivered for Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz C-Class and will be manufactured for the next-generation Mercedes-Benz E-Class, SLK-Class, and CLK-Class. The company supplies hub bearings to Daimler for the first time in more than ten years since the products were used in t...

News  Updated at: 2014/12/01

Mercedes-Benz changes model names Daimler announced on November 11 that Mercedes-Benz will launch a new naming system for its model series from 2015. This is the measure to solve the increasingly complex situation of naming the various models. By 2020, the brand will have brought more than 30 models on to the market worldwide, among them at least eleven that have no precursor in the current product portfolio, the company said. The details are as ...

News  Updated at: 2014/11/12

Edscha supplying hood hinge for Mercedes-Benz M-Class Edscha AG announced that it developed a new hood hinge and is supplying for the active hood pedestrian protection of the new Mercedes-Benz M-Class. If the car hits a person, a pyrotechnic actuator located in the engine compartment under the hinge ignites, setting off the protection mechanism. The force of the explosion allows the hinge and hood to pop up a small distance. The hood rises by a t...

News  Updated at: 2011/11/21

Recently, ZF Passau GmbH produced the one-millionth unit in the US plant in Gainesville. Its destination: The Mercedes-Benz M-Class. ZF plant in Gainesville, Georgia, reached the million threshold in just three years. The plant has been producing axle drives for passenger cars and manual and automatic transmissions for commercial vehicles. In 2007 alone, nearly 330,000 axle drives were supplied for M- and R-Class models. Since 2006, GM Holden in ...

News  Updated at: 2008/03/19

Mercedes-Benz is among the first automakers to include Delphi Corporation's Battery Disconnect Safety Device (BDSD) on multiple new car lines. Several Mercedes-Benz models incorporate Delphi's BDSD, including C-Class sport coupes and luxury sedans and the M-Class sport utility vehicles. Delphi's BDSD severs the connection between the battery and the starter and alternator in less than 1 millisecond after an electrical signal from the airbag contr...

News  Updated at: 2008/02/04

The ZF Lemforder manufacturing facility in Tuscaloosa, Ala., was awarded The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence 2007-08. ZF Lemforder is the Car Chassis Technology Division of ZF, and supplies complete front and rear axle systems for the Mercedes-Benz M-Class, R-Class, and GL-Class vehicles produced in Vance, Ala. (From a press release on Jan. 28, 2008)...

News  Updated at: 2008/01/28