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With plenty of people wondering why Mercedes-Benz isn't yet offering their new hyper-efficient nine-speed transmission on more models, the fact that current production doesn't keep up with the potential demand might prove to be a pretty good answer.
With that being said, the Germans announced earlier today the ceremonial ground-breaking for a new Mercedes-Benz transmission assembly plant in Sebes, Romania.
“The additional assembly capacities in Sebes supplement our production operations at the Mercedes-Benz Untertürkheim plant optimally. They also are an important contributing factor in the economics and the flexibility of our international production network of Mercedes-Benz. With this set-up we will successfully satisfy the continuing increase in demand for automatic transmissions.” said Markus Schäfer, Divisional Board Member Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and Supply Chain Management.
Currently, automatic transmissions wearing three-pointed star are manufactured by a production network which consists of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim and Star Transmission, the plant in Sebes, Romania.
Since the 9G-Tronic automatic gearbox is currently only made in Germany, from 2016 it will also be manufactured in Romania, at the aforementioned location. Mercedes-Benz will invest more than EUR 300 million for an expansion of the production capacity at the Romanian plant in Sebes while also creating about 500 new jobs.
It should be noted that Star Transmission has been a Daimler subsidiary since 2001, when only gearwheels, shafts and machined components for engines, transmission and steering systems were being produced in Romania.
The Mercedes-Benz 5G-Tronic automatic transmissions and the double-clutch 7G DCT gearboxes are already being manufactured in Sebes by a workforce comprising more than 1,200 people, starting with 2013.
“The additional assembly capacities in Sebes supplement our production operations at the Mercedes-Benz Untertürkheim plant optimally. They also are an important contributing factor in the economics and the flexibility of our international production network of Mercedes-Benz. With this set-up we will successfully satisfy the continuing increase in demand for automatic transmissions.” said Markus Schäfer, Divisional Board Member Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and Supply Chain Management.
Currently, automatic transmissions wearing three-pointed star are manufactured by a production network which consists of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim and Star Transmission, the plant in Sebes, Romania.
Since the 9G-Tronic automatic gearbox is currently only made in Germany, from 2016 it will also be manufactured in Romania, at the aforementioned location. Mercedes-Benz will invest more than EUR 300 million for an expansion of the production capacity at the Romanian plant in Sebes while also creating about 500 new jobs.
It should be noted that Star Transmission has been a Daimler subsidiary since 2001, when only gearwheels, shafts and machined components for engines, transmission and steering systems were being produced in Romania.
The Mercedes-Benz 5G-Tronic automatic transmissions and the double-clutch 7G DCT gearboxes are already being manufactured in Sebes by a workforce comprising more than 1,200 people, starting with 2013.
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