Mercedes-Benz Ludwigsfelde Plant
Location
Mercedes-Benz Ludwigsfelde GmbH
Industriepark
14974 Ludwigsfelde
Germany
Postal address
Mercedes-Benz Ludwigsfelde GmbH
P.O. Box 51
14961 Ludwigsfelde
Germany
Phone
+49 3378 830
Floor space
182,000 sq.m.
Total site
540,000 sq.m
Products
Vario, Sprinter
Employment
about 2,600 (2007)
History
1935/1936
Establishment of the Daimler-Benz Motoren GmbH Genshagen
1965
Relocation of the truck-W50-production from Werdau to Ludwigsfelde
1988
Production launch of the truck L60, successor of the W50
12/1990
Production end of the truck L60
02/1991
Establishment of the Nutzfahrzeuge Ludwigsfelde GmbH (NLG) and the Entwicklungsgesellschaft Ludwigsfelde GmbH (EGL)
Production launch of the Mercedes-Benz truck LK (LN2)
09/1991
Production launch of the Mercedes-Benz van T2 (LN1)
01/1994
NLG/EGL are taken over to 100% by Daimler-Benz AG
07/1996
Production launch of the transporter Vario
06/1997
Fusion of the NLG/ EGL to Daimler-Benz Ludwigsfelde GmbH
12/1998
Decision of the BoM to produce the Vaneo in Ludwigsfelde
04/1999
Start of the building measures of the production line Vaneo
09/2001
Production launch of the Compact-Van Vaneo
11/2003
Decision of the BoM to produce the NCV3 in Ludwigsfelde
09/2004
Start of the building measures of the production line NCV3
06/2006
Production launch of the NCV3
11/2006
Renaming to Mercedes-Benz Ludwigsfelde GmbH