Mercedes Forum
07-21-2011, 09:43 PM
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing (http://www.autoblog.com/category/plants-manufacturing/), Mercedes-Benz (http://www.autoblog.com/category/mercedes-benz/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/07/m-class-630.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-mercedes-benz-ml350-bluetec-4matic-first-drive/)
Mercedes-Benz (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz) has just announced that the German automaker will invest more than $2 billion into its Tuscaloosa, Alabama manufacturing facility. The cash is slated to go toward production of current the current M-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/m-class/), though funds will also go toward producing the next-generation GL-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/gl-class/) and C-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/c-class/) at the factory. The funds will also be used to expand the overall capacity of the plant. The announcement came at a Job 1 celebration to mark the creation of the first production 2012 M-Class. Dieter Zetsche (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/dieter%20zetsche/), head of Mercedes-Benz cars, said that the Tuscaloosa plant continues to serve as the blueprint for the automaker's facilities outside of Germany.
Mercedes-Benz also took the opportunity to announce that the company would donate an additional $100,000 to Alabama tornado relief and recovery efforts. The latest donation brings the company's total contribution up to $1.1 million. The Tuscaloosa community was struck by an EF4 tornado last April that took the lives of 32 people. Click past the jump for Benz's official press release.Continue reading Mercedes announces $2B investment into Tuscaloosa plant (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/21/mercedes-announces-2b-investment-into-tuscaloosa-plant/)
Mercedes announces $2B investment into Tuscaloosa plant (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/21/mercedes-announces-2b-investment-into-tuscaloosa-plant/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
Permalink (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/21/mercedes-announces-2b-investment-into-tuscaloosa-plant/) | Email this (http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19996854/) | Comments (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/21/mercedes-announces-2b-investment-into-tuscaloosa-plant/#comments)
Read more... (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/21/mercedes-announces-2b-investment-into-tuscaloosa-plant/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/07/m-class-630.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-mercedes-benz-ml350-bluetec-4matic-first-drive/)
Mercedes-Benz (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz) has just announced that the German automaker will invest more than $2 billion into its Tuscaloosa, Alabama manufacturing facility. The cash is slated to go toward production of current the current M-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/m-class/), though funds will also go toward producing the next-generation GL-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/gl-class/) and C-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/c-class/) at the factory. The funds will also be used to expand the overall capacity of the plant. The announcement came at a Job 1 celebration to mark the creation of the first production 2012 M-Class. Dieter Zetsche (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/dieter%20zetsche/), head of Mercedes-Benz cars, said that the Tuscaloosa plant continues to serve as the blueprint for the automaker's facilities outside of Germany.
Mercedes-Benz also took the opportunity to announce that the company would donate an additional $100,000 to Alabama tornado relief and recovery efforts. The latest donation brings the company's total contribution up to $1.1 million. The Tuscaloosa community was struck by an EF4 tornado last April that took the lives of 32 people. Click past the jump for Benz's official press release.Continue reading Mercedes announces $2B investment into Tuscaloosa plant (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/21/mercedes-announces-2b-investment-into-tuscaloosa-plant/)
Mercedes announces $2B investment into Tuscaloosa plant (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/21/mercedes-announces-2b-investment-into-tuscaloosa-plant/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
Permalink (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/21/mercedes-announces-2b-investment-into-tuscaloosa-plant/) | Email this (http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19996854/) | Comments (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/21/mercedes-announces-2b-investment-into-tuscaloosa-plant/#comments)
Read more... (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/21/mercedes-announces-2b-investment-into-tuscaloosa-plant/)