Mercedes-Benz Gaggenau Plant
Location
Daimler AG
Mercedes-Benz Gaggenau Plant
Hauptstraße 107
76568 Gaggenau
Germany
Mercedes-Benz Gaggenau Plant
Hauptstraße 107
76568 Gaggenau
Germany
Phone
+49 722 561-0
Floor space
106,900 square meters
Total site
410,041 square meters
Products
Manual and automated manual transmissions, Remanufacturing of transmissions, Planetary and portal axles, Tools and dies, Torque converters for passenger car transmissions, Metal forming, High precision machined parts, Consolidation Center international logistic, Truck durability testing
Employment
6,477 employees (status 2007)
(Gaggenau Transmission Plant with Rastatt Transmission Plant)
(Gaggenau Transmission Plant with Rastatt Transmission Plant)
Plant history
1700
Installation of a forge hammer in Gaggenau
1894
Foundation of Bergmanns Industriewerke GmbH Gaggenau
1895
5 hp automobile "Orient Express"
1905
Foundation of Süddeutsche Automobilfabrik GmbH Gaggenau, cars and trucks
1907
Takeover by Benz, Mannheim
1923
First installation of a diesel engine in a truck
1926
Merger Daimler-Benz AG
1944
Destruction of the plant by two air strikes
1951
Production: heavy duty trucks and Unimog
1967
Centralization of commercial vehicle transmission manufacturing in Gaggenau
1971
Construction at Rastatt plant site begins
1987
Manufacturing of range transmissions begins
2001
Anniversary: 50 years Mercedes-Benz Unimog, manufacturing of 5 Mill. transmissions
2001
Reorientation as a center of competence for manual and automated manual transmissions
2002
Relocation of the Unimog production to the plant Wörth;
Establishing the Consolidation Center to Brazil; Start of production of medium duty transmissions in Brazil
Establishing the Consolidation Center to Brazil; Start of production of medium duty transmissions in Brazil
2003
Anniversary: production of 10 Mill. Torque converters in 25 years
2005
Completion forming the product center Special Transmissions
