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Now it's official! Great Wall Motors bought the Mercedes-Benz factory in Iracemápolis-SP. The Chinese company will expand the factory's production so that 100 cars are produced per year
Mercedes-Benz announced the sale of its car factory in Iracemápolis-SP, to Great Wall Motors. The sale includes the factory where the Class C and GLA models were produced, which stopped being manufactured in December last year. In addition, the sale includes the land of 1,2 million m², together with the production equipment and buildings. It is worth noting that the Mercedes-Benz Test Center and Proving Ground, which are being built alongside Bosch, in Iracemápolis-SP, are not included in the negotiation.
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Great Wall Motors will expand its car production at the plant in SP
The Mercedes-Benz factory in Iracemápolis-SP, was announced in 2013 and began operations in 2016. Before, its production capacity was 20 cars per year when it closed, in 2020. Now, Great Wall Motors claims which will expand the plant's annual capacity to a much larger and optimistic figure of 100 cars.
According to Jörg Burzer, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG and also responsible for Production and Supply Chain Management, with the transformation of the company and the realignment of the capacity of the global network of automobile production, Mercedes-Benz is increasing its productive efficiency in a sustainable way.
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With the sale to Great Wall Motor, a buyer was found who will create a new perspective for the future, both for the plant and for the SP region.
Find out what the next steps will be for Great Wall Motors after the purchase
With the sale of the plant in SP, which was paralyzed for a year, Mercedes-Benz in Brazil will continue its operations at the units in São Bernardo do Campo, responsible for the production of trucks, bus chassis and aggregates, in Campinas, in the production of Parts and Customer Services, Global Training and Reman and also at the plant in Minas Gerais that produces truck cabins.
Regarding cars, the automaker reinforced that it will also maintain its 50 dealerships spread throughout Brazil. As in other countries, the estimate is that Great Wall Motors will arrive as an importer and soon after that local production will start.
The company has good cars, such as the Great Wall P Series medium pickup, which is highly praised in the Asian and Oceanian markets. Its size is greater than the Toyota Hilux and its engine is a 2.0 horsepower 200 turbo.
Meet Great Wall Motors
Great Wall Motors was founded in 1984 and has been manufacturing cars since 1993. The company operates in several South American countries through importers, but its operations in Chile are the most outstanding, with a total of 2.435 registrations last year.
The company has been studying the Brazilian car market for more than 10 years, where it already had a representative in Brasília in 2009. was successful.
