Mercedes-Benz Mannheim Plant
Location
Daimler AG
Mercedes-Benz Mannheim Plant
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Straße 21-57
68305 Mannheim
Germany
Mercedes-Benz Mannheim Plant
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Straße 21-57
68305 Mannheim
Germany
Phone
+49 621 3930
Production
Diesel engines for commercial and special vehicles, industrial diesel engines, remanufactured assemblies, commercial vehicles and passenger car cylinder crankcases, commercial vehicle cylinder heads, rear axle housings and flywheels
Floor space
297,000 square meters engines, 103,300 square meters foundry
Total site
888,344 square meters
Number of employees
5,141
1871
Karl Benz founds the "Mechanische Werkstatt" in the T6 district of Mannheim
1883
Together with businessman Max Kaspar Rose and Friedrich Wilhelm Eßlinger, a salesman, Benz founds the general partnership "Benz & Cie. Rheinische Gasmotoren-Fabrik Mannheim"
1886
Karl Benz is granted a patent (German patent no. 37435) for his three-wheeler motorcar. This patent is widely regarded as the "birth certificate" of the automobile
1888
Bertha Benz departs with her sons Eugen and Richard on the first long-distance journey in automobile history, from Mannheim to Pforzheim
1895
The world's first motor-powered bus, built by Benz & Co. in Mannheim, commences scheduled service
1900
With an output of 603 vehicles a year, the Mannheim Plant is the world's largest automobile factory
1906
Purchase of a plot of land on the Luzenberg in Waldhof, Mannheim
1908
The new automobile manufacturing operations of Benz & Cie. are transferred to the new factory site in Waldhof, Mannheim
1923
The Board of Management of Benz & Cie. approves series production of the OB-type prechamber diesel engine - the world's first mass-produced diesel engine for commercial vehicles
1926
Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and Benz & Cie. merge to form Daimler-Benz AG
1949
Start of production of the 300 series of medium-duty straight engines at the Mannheim Plant
1955
The Mannheim plant becomes Europe's largest bus plant
1965
Truck manufacturing operations are transferred to the Wörth plant
1965
The new foundry goes into operation
1972
Start of production of the 400 series of heavy-duty engines
1988
Start of production of the 600 series of light-duty engines
1995
EvoBus GmbH is founded as a fully owned subsidiary of Daimler-Benz AG
1996
The 900 series of medium-duty engines and the 500 series of heavy-duty engines replace their respective predecessors
1997
Launch of the innovative Citaro city bus
2001
Opening of the new Bus Customer Delivery Center
2002
EvoBus opens a new assembly facility
2004
Opening of a Used Bus Center
2007
Renaming as "Mercedes-Benz Mannheim - A Daimler AG Plant"
