East London Plant / Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing South Africa (Pty) Ltd.

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Overview

Location

Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
East London Plant
7 Settlers Way
Gately Industrial Township
East London
South Africa

Phone

+27 431 706 9111

Production

Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan (right and left-hand drive)

Series production of the first Mercedes-Benz C-Class in East London started in 1994. The current C-Class is already the third generation to be produced at the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Since 2000, the plant has been exporting saloons to right-hand drive markets. With the production launch of the new C-Class in 2007, the facility also began to export left-hand vehicles to the USA. As the production of the new C-Class was initiated and the standard assembly concept of the global production network was implemented, investments were being made and the facility as a whole expanded.

Facts & figures

Plant area

603,000 square meters

Built-on plant area

258,700 square meters

Number of employees (on site / from MBC)

2,825

Plant founded

1948

Annual production

23,335

Plant highlights, past and present

1958

Car Distributers Assembly Ltd. begins with the contract production of Mercedes-Benz vehicles

1984

Daimler-Benz AG acquires a 50.1 percent share in the company United Cars and Diesel Distributors (UCDD). The company is registered as Mercedes-Benz of South Africa (Pty) Ltd (MBSA)

2000

1.4 billion rand invested in the plantfs expansion; the facility delivers its first right-hand drive Mercedes-Benz C-Class models

2003

100,000th C-Class is produced

2007

Production of new C-Class generation begins