Daimler Invest €500M Inwards Hamburg Found For E-Mobility Components

Daimler is comprehensively modernizing the Mercedes-Benz Hamburg flora in addition to is expanding its production portfolio to include key components for electrical driving. This is business office of the transformation innovation that the companionship has agreed on amongst the works council. With the understanding inwards Hamburg, Mercedes-Benz Cars has straight off successfully start the transformation plans for all plants inwards Germany.

“The completion of the transformation plans is an of import milestone inwards our growth strategy. We seat our vehicle in addition to powertrain plants on a future-oriented in addition to sustainable foundation in addition to strengthen their international competitiveness. Thus, nosotros growth the flexibility in addition to efficiency inwards our global production network. For that role nosotros are investing several billion euros”, said Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisional Board Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production in addition to Supply Chain Management.

The transformation innovation ensures the competitiveness of the site in addition to keeps utilisation stable. In addition, the understanding provides for a highly flexible production through modern shift models.

“With the investment of 500 1000000 euros, nosotros volition develop the Hamburg flora into a high-tech site producing crusade components for electrical mobility. This is a proof for the high qualification in addition to outstanding functioning of our employees. The transformation innovation is a future-oriented achievement for the flora that offers employees novel opportunities”, says Wolfgang Lenz, Site Manager Mercedes-Benz flora Hamburg. Company in addition to works council stimulate got agreed on an growth inwards preparation places, resulting inwards 26 positions each yr for the years 2017 in addition to 2018. Furthermore, 10 novel permanent jobs volition hold upwards created in addition to filled this year.

“For the employees, the straight off agreed transformation innovation is a clear, positive signal: The flora takes business office inwards the company’s growth strategy in addition to profits from hereafter prospects of the industry. Our key destination inwards the negotiations was the assurance of hereafter products for the site. The growth inwards the seat out of preparation places in addition to permanent positions dot that the companionship continues to count on the flora inwards Hamburg”, says Jörg Thiemer, Chairman of the Works Council Mercedes-Benz flora Hamburg.

The production of axles in addition to axle components, lightweight structural components in addition to steering columns, along amongst exhaust technology, volition rest an integral business office of the plant. The understanding provides the Mercedes-Benz flora Hamburg amongst extra capacity for axles in addition to axle components. The 3rd generation of steering columns volition likewise hold upwards produced inwards Hamburg. This agency that every Mercedes-Benz vehicle volition hold to include a business office from Hamburg. With the production of the cockpit crossmember for the C- in addition to E-Class, lightweight structural components volition hold to hold upwards produced here.

The innovative components, manufactured using environmentally responsible production technologies, construct a pregnant contribution to reducing vehicles’ CO2 emissions.

“With the transformation innovation for the Hamburg flora nosotros are continuing the successful strategic realignment of our High German powertrain plants. We stimulate got defined a sustainable production portfolio in addition to measures to growth efficiency in addition to flexibility for all plants, leaving us extremely good prepared to aspect upwards the future”, says Frank Deiß, Head of Production Powertrain Mercedes-Benz Cars in addition to Site Manager Mercedes-Benz flora Untertürkheim.

Daimler of late announced a 500 1000000 Euros investment inwards a novel battery manufactory inwards Germany. The novel battery manufactory volition create lithium-ion battery packs for hybrid in addition to electrical vehicles for Mercedes-Benz in addition to smart brands.

Daimler has likewise said it is opened upwards to the persuasion of creating an alliance betwixt Germany's premium carmakers to manufacture next-generation batteries.

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