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A recent press release for Mercedes about their new sprinter plant in the US.Stuttgart/Charleston , Mar 27, 2007
The DaimlerChrysler plant in Ladson just outside Charleston in South Carolina today officially kicks off production of the Sprinter for the American market under the Dodge and Freightliner brands. The Sprinter has been assembled and offered for sale in the USA since 2001 and has captured a firm clientele not least of all thanks to the proximity to the market. The former plant in Gaffney, annual capacity around 22,000 units, no longer could cope with the growing sales.
and the inside track
In fact, the Ladson plant is solely the result of tax law, says
Wilfried Porth, head of the Mercedes-Benz Vans business unit of
DaimlerChrysler. The vans are fully built at a Mercedes-Benz plant in
Dusseldorf, Germany and are then partially disassembled before being
shipped to the U.S. They arrive on American shores as a body and
interior, with all wiring intact, plus separate crates containing all
the underpinnings - suspension, tires, engine, transmission, etc. It's
cheaper, says Porth, to use this semi-knockdown approach than pay U.S.
import duties.
It put me in mind of that old Johnny Cash song-- ONE PIECE AT A TIME!
The DaimlerChrysler plant in Ladson just outside Charleston in South Carolina today officially kicks off production of the Sprinter for the American market under the Dodge and Freightliner brands. The Sprinter has been assembled and offered for sale in the USA since 2001 and has captured a firm clientele not least of all thanks to the proximity to the market. The former plant in Gaffney, annual capacity around 22,000 units, no longer could cope with the growing sales.
and the inside track
In fact, the Ladson plant is solely the result of tax law, says
Wilfried Porth, head of the Mercedes-Benz Vans business unit of
DaimlerChrysler. The vans are fully built at a Mercedes-Benz plant in
Dusseldorf, Germany and are then partially disassembled before being
shipped to the U.S. They arrive on American shores as a body and
interior, with all wiring intact, plus separate crates containing all
the underpinnings - suspension, tires, engine, transmission, etc. It's
cheaper, says Porth, to use this semi-knockdown approach than pay U.S.
import duties.
It put me in mind of that old Johnny Cash song-- ONE PIECE AT A TIME!
