As with BMW and Ford, the company says the decision to suspend production is driven by a mix of health and business demands
Workers assemble a Mercedes-Benz AG automobile on the assembly line at the new Daimler AG automobile plant outside Moscow, Russia. File photo: BLOOMBERG/ILYA ARKHIPOV
German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has also announced plans to cut back operations in SA in response to the Covid-19 crisis. The company says the East London vehicle assembly plant of Mercedes-Benz SA will gradually reduce manufacturing operations as well as work in some administrative departments.As with BMW and Ford Southern Africa, the company says the decision to suspend production is driven by a mix of health and business demands. An MBSA spokesperson said: “The decision will help the company prepare for a period of temporary lower demand and to protect the company’s financial strength.
East London builds a variety of C-Class car models, of which the overwhelming majority are exported. The global crash in new-car demand because of Covid-19 made a production suspension inevitable after BMW and Ford, both of which are also export-dependent, had made the same decision.
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