PRODUCTION &

MATERIAL MANAGEMENT
ASSIGNMENT

MERCEDES-BENZ

Mercedes-Benz (German pronunciation: [mttseds bntts]) is a German automobile manufacturer, a

multinational division of the German manufacturer Daimler AG. The brand is used for luxury
automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. The headquarters of Mercedes-Benz is inStuttgart, BadenWrttemberg, Germany.
The name first appeared in 1926 under Daimler-Benz, but traces its origins to Daimler-MotorenGesellschaft's 1901 Mercedes and to Karl Benz's 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen, which is widely
regarded as the first gasoline powered automobile. Mercedes-Benz's slogan is "Das Beste oder
nichts" (English: "The best or nothing"). Mercedes-Benz is part of the "German Big 3" luxury
automakers, along with Audi and BMW, which are the best-selling luxury automakers in the world.

History
Mercedes-Benz traces its origins to Karl Benz's creation of the first petrol-powered car, the Benz
Patent Motorwagen, financed by Bertha Benz[2] and patented in January 1886,[3] and Gottlieb
Daimler and engineer Wilhelm Maybach's conversion of a stagecoach by the addition of a petrol
engine later that year. The Mercedes automobile was first marketed in 1901 by Daimler-MotorenGesellschaft. The first Mercedes-Benz brand name vehicles were produced in 1926, following the
merger of Karl Benz's and Gottlieb Daimler's companies into the Daimler-Benz company.[3]
[4]

Throughout the 1930s, Mercedes-Benz produced the 770 model, a car that was popular during

Germany's Nazi period. Adolf Hitler was known to have driven these cars during his time in power,
with bulletproof windshields. Most of the surviving models have been sold at auctions to private
buyers. One of them is currently on display at the War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario. Mercedes-Benz
has introduced many technological and safety innovations that later became common in other
vehicles.[5]Mercedes-Benz is one of the best-known and established automotive brands in the world,
and is also one of the world's oldest automotive brand still in existence today in 2015, having
produced the first petrol-powered car.[6]

For information relating to the famous three-pointed star, see under the title Daimler-MotorenGesellschaft including the merger into Daimler-Benz.

Subsidiaries and alliances[edit]

As part of the Daimler AG company, the Mercedes-Benz Cars division includes Mercedes-Benz
and Smart car production.[7]

Mercedes-AMG[edit]
Mercedes-AMG became a majority owned division of Mercedes-Benz in 1999.[8] The company was
integrated into DaimlerChrysler in 1999,[9] and became Mercedes-Benz AMG beginning on 1 January
1999.[10]

McLaren Group[edit]
Mercedes-AMG was the official engine supplier for the second oldest and most successful F1 team
by Grand Prix wins, McLaren Racing from 1995-2014. In 2013 it was announced that after the last
year with Mercedes contract with McLaren, Mercedes would be dropped and be replaced by Honda,
with whom McLaren had world championship wins in the past together.
Road Car Manufacturing[edit]
From 2003 to 2009, Mercedes were in a joint venture with McLaren Group to manufacture
the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. At this time, Mercedes owned 40% of McLaren Group. Due to
Mercedes purchasing Brawn GP, a F1 team, Mercedes decided to sell their shares back to Ron
Dennis, as McLaren would be their rival in the F1 championship.

Maybach[edit]
Daimler's ultra-luxury brand Maybach was under Mercedes-Benz cars division until 2013, when the
production stopped due to poor sales volumes. It now exists under the Mercedes-Maybach name,
with the models being ultra-luxury versions of Mercedes cars, such as the 2016 Mercedes-Maybach
S600.

Production[edit]

Factories[edit]
Beside its native Germany, Mercedes-Benz vehicles are also manufactured or assembled in:

Sovereign

Continen

State

Algeria

Argentina

Austria

Bosnia and
Herzegovina

Brazil

Canada

Africa

Note

Manufactures Busses and Trucks in cooperation

with SNVI (Actros , Zetros, Unimog, and G-Class, Sprinter).

South

Manufactures buses, trucks and the Sprinter van. This is the first

America

Mercedes-Benz factory outside of Germany. Built in 1951. [11]

Europe

G-Class[12]

Europe

South
America

North
America

Manufactures trucks and buses. Established in 1956. The A-Class

(W168) was produced from 1999 to 2005 and the C-Class was
produced until 2010 as well.[13]

Sovereign

Continen

State

China

Asia

Egypt

Africa

Finland

Europe

Hungary[14]

Europe

Jordan

Asia

Note

Via Egyptian German Automotive Company E-Class, C-Class and

GLK

New A-series (W176) is manufactured in Uusikaupunki since late

2013, being the first M-B passenger car ever built in that country

Buses company factory, Elba House, Amman.

Bangalore (R&D). Pune (Passenger cars).[15] Chennai (Daimler India

India

Asia

Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd.) - Trucks & Engine Manufacturing

unit.

Indonesia[16]

Asia
/Australia

Iran

Asia

Not since 2010[17]

Malaysia

Asia

Assembly of C, E and S class vehicles by DRB-HICOM.

Mexico

North

Mercedes-Benz Mexico fully manufactures some Mercedes and

America

Daimler vehicles completely from locally built parts (C-Class, EClass, M-Class, International trucks, Axor, Atego, and Mercedes

Sovereign

Continen

State

Note

Buses), manufactures other models in complete knock down kits

(CL-Class, CLK-Class, SL-Class, SLK-Class) and manufactures a
select number of models in semi knockdown kits which use both
imported components and locally sourced Mexican components (SClass, CLS-Class, R-Class, GL-Class, Sprinter).

Nigeria

Africa

Philippines

Asia

Assembly of buses, trucks, utility motors and the Sprinter van[18]

Joint venture Mercedes-Benz Car Trucks Vostok in Naberezhnye

Russia

Eurasia

Chelny (jointly Kamaz). Available in trucks Actros, Axor, multipurpose auto four wheel drive medium trucks Unimog. MercedesBenz Sprinter Classic is also produced in Russia.

Spain

South
Africa[19]

Europe

Factory at Vitoria-Gasteiz Mercedes-Benz Vito, Viano and V-Class

have been built there.

Africa

Mercedes-Benz Musso and MB100 models manufactured

South Korea

Asia

Thailand

Asia

Assembly of C, E and S class vehicles by the Thonburi Group [20]

Turkey

Eurasia

Mercedes-Benz Trk A..[21]

by SsangYong Motor Company.

Sovereign

Continen

State

Note

The SLR sports car was built at the McLaren Technology

United
Kingdom

Europe

Centre in Woking. Brackley, Northamptonshire, is home to

the Mercedes Grand Prix factory, andBrixworth, Northamptonshire
is the location of Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines

The Mercedes-Benz M-Class Sport Utility and the full-sized GLUnited States

North
America

Class Luxury Sport Utility Vehicle are all built at the Mercedes-Benz
U.S. Internationalproduction facility near Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
[22]

Trucks (6,000 per year in the late seventies) were once

assembled in Hampton, VA.[23]

Vietnam

Asia

Assembly of E-Class, C-Class, S-Class, GLK-Class and Sprinter.

Established in 1995.

Models[edit]
See also: List of Mercedes-Benz vehicles

Mercedes-Benz A-Class (compact)

Mercedes B-Class (Tourer)

Mercedes-Benz C-Class (D-segment)
Mercedes-Benz E-Class (Executive car)
Mercedes-Benz S-Class (luxury sedan)
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class (Grand Tourer)

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series (supercar)

Mercedes-Benz M-Class (luxurySUV)

Current model range[edit]

Mercedes-Benz offers a full range of passenger, light commercial and heavy commercial equipment.
Vehicles are manufactured in multiple countries worldwide. The Smart marque of city cars are also
produced by Daimler AG.

A-Class Hatchback

B-Class Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV)

C-Class Saloon, Estate & Coup

CLA-Class 4 Door Coup

CLS-Class 4 Door Coup and Estate

E-Class Saloon, Estate, Coup and Cabriolet

G-Class Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV)

GL-Class Large Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV)

GLA-Class Compact Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV)/ Crossover

GLC-Class Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV)

GLE-Class Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV)

S-Class Luxury Saloon

SL-Class Grand Tourer

SLK-Class Roadster

V-Class Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV)/ Van

AMG GT Sports car/ Supercar

Vans[edit]
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter

Mercedes-Benz produces a range of vans; Citan (a rebadged version of the Renault

Kangoo), Vito and Sprinter.
Trucks[edit]
See also: List of Mercedes-Benz trucks

Mercedes-Benz Zetros used for snowplowing

Unimog, a famous allround vehicle by Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz Trucks is now part of the Daimler Trucks division, and includes companies that were
part of the DaimlerChrysler merger. Gottlieb Daimler sold the world's first truck in 1886. [32] The first
factory to be built outside Germany after WWII was in Argentina. It originally built trucks, many of
which were modified independently to buses, popularly named Colectivo. Today, it builds buses,
trucks and the Sprinter van.[citation needed]
Buses[edit]
Main article: Mercedes-Benz buses
Mercedes-Benz produces a wide range of buses and coaches, mainly for Europe and Asia. The first
model was produced by Karl Benz in 1895.

Noted employees[edit]

Paul Bracq major designer of automobiles in the 20th century

Bla Barnyi car safety pioneer (rigid passenger safety shell), joined Daimler-Benz in
1937[66]

Wilhelm Maybach automotive pioneer, first met Gottlieb Daimler in 1865[67]

Ferdinand Porsche founder of Porsche, joined Mercedes in 1923 and developed

the Kompressor [68]

Bruno Sacco joined Daimler-Benz as a designer in 1958. Head of Design in 1975, retired
in 1999[69]

Rudolf Uhlenhaut joined Daimler-Benz in 1931, his designs included the Silver Arrows,
the 300 SL and 300SLR[70]

Adolf Eichmann former Nazi criminal. Worked in Argentina's factory after WWII[71]

Rudolf Caracciola one of the greatest GP drivers in history drove MB Silver Arrows in
competition.

Josef Ganz - Technical consultant and "Godfather" of the *Mercedes-Benz W136, with the
revolutionary Independent suspension, Swing axle layout.

Innovations[edit]
Numerous technological innovations have been introduced on Mercedes-Benz automobiles
throughout the many years of their production, including:

The internal combustion engine automobile was developed independently by Benz and
Daimler & Maybach in 1886

Daimler invented the honeycomb radiator of the type still used on all water-cooled vehicles
today

Daimler invented the float carburetor which was used until replaced by fuel injection

The "drop chassis" the car originally designated the "Mercedes" by Daimler was also the
first car with a modern configuration, having the carriage lowered and set between the front and
rear wheels, with a front engine and powered rear wheels. All earlier cars were "horseless
carriages", which had high centres of gravity and various engine/drive-train configurations

The first passenger road car to have brakes on all four wheels (1924)[72]

In 1936, the Mercedes-Benz 260 D was the first diesel powered passenger car.

Mercedes-Benz were the first to offer direct fuel injection on the Mercedes-Benz
300SL Gullwing

The "safety cage" or "safety cell" construction with front and rear crumple zones was first
developed by Mercedes-Benz in 1951. This is considered by many as the most important
innovation in automobile construction from a safety standpoint [5][verification needed]

In 1959, Mercedes-Benz patented a device that prevents drive wheels from spinning by
intervening at the engine, transmission, or brakes. In 1987, Mercedes-Benz applied its patent by
introducing a traction control system that worked under both braking and acceleration

an Anti-Lock Brake system (ABS) was first offered on the W116 450SEL 6.9. They became
standard on the W126 S-Class starting production in 1979 and first sold in most markets in
1980.

Airbags were first introduced in the European market, beginning with model year 1981 SClass.

Mercedes-Benz was the first to introduce pre-tensioners to seat belts on the 1981 S-Class.
In the event of a crash, a pre-tensioner will tighten the belt instantaneously, removing any 'slack'
in the belt, which prevents the occupant from jerking forward in a crash

In September 2003, Mercedes-Benz introduced the world's first seven-speed automatic

transmission called '7G-Tronic'

Electronic Stability Programme (ESP), brake assist,[73] and many other types of safety
equipment were all developed, tested, and implemented into passenger cars first by
Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes-Benz has not made a large fuss about its innovations, and has even
licensed them for use by competitors in the name of improving automobile and passenger
safety. As a result, crumple zones and anti-lock brakes (ABS) are now standard on all modern
vehicles.[5][verification needed]

Mercedes M156 engine

The (W211) E320 CDI which has a variable geometry turbocharger (VGT) 3.0litre V6 common rail diesel engine (producing 224 hp or 167 kW), set three
world endurance records. It covered 100,000 miles (160,000 km) in a record time, with an
average speed of 224.823 km/h (139.70 mph). Three identical cars did the endurance run (one
set above record) and the other two cars set world records for time taken to cover 100,000

kilometres (62,137 mi) and 50,000 miles (80,000 km) respectively. After all three cars had
completed the run, their combined distance was 300,000 miles (480,000 km) (all records were
FIA approved).[74][clarification needed]

Mercedes-Benz pioneered a system called Pre-Safe to detect an imminent crash and

prepares the car's safety systems to respond optimally. It also calculates the optimal braking
force required to avoid an accident in emergency situations, and makes it immediately available
for when the driver depresses the brake pedal. Occupants are also prepared by tightening the
seat belt, closing the sunroof and windows, and moving the seats into the optimal position.

At 181 horsepower per litre, the M133 engine installed in Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG is the
most powerful series production four-cylinder turbocharged motor (as of June 2013) and has
one of the highest power density for a passenger vehicle