With an investment of r $ 500 million, Mercedes factory is ready in 2016

The Global CEO of Mercedes-Benz, Andreas Renschler, President of automaker in Brazil, Philipp Schiemer, announced earlier a new plant in Brazil, which will be located in Iracemápolis, São Paulo State. The two executives were in hearing today with the President Dilma Rousseff at Planalto Palace, when presented to the Government investments.
The information had been anticipated by Jornal do Car last Sunday.
Thus, from 2016 to Mercedes Benz will feature three factories in the country, being that the new will mark the return of the company on production of RVs. The other two produce trucks in Juiz de Fora (MG) and São Bernardo (SP). According to the executives, the new Mercedes factory expected to produce, in a first moment, the model Class C (next generation) and, later, the GLA.
Andreas Renschler said the plant, when completed, will generate 1,000 direct jobs and that the investment planned for the project is $ 500 million. Designed production capacity by automaker for Iracemápolis is 20 thousand units per year. "We are confident in the future of the country, hence the decision to produce passenger vehicles," said the CEO.
The President of Mercedes in Brazil, Philipp Schiemer, argued that the automaker predicts a significant growth, the "medium term", the luxury market in the country, where the company enters now with factory in Iracemápolis. According to him, this market, this 30 thousand units per year, may reach 100 thousand units.