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Daimler opens Mercedes-Benz engine plant in China; first MB passenger car engine plant outside of Germany

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The international locations include the new engine plant at the BBAC joint venture in Beijing as well as the Romanian subsidiary Star Transmission. From 2014, Daimler and Nissan will also start the joint production of four-cylinder gasoline engines based on a Mercedes-Benz design at the Nissan plant in Tennessee.

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Mercedes-Benz realigning global production organization for passenger cars; organizing by product architecture

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As well as stepping up its international activities, Mercedes-Benz is strengthening it German plants with investments of more than €3 billion (US$3.9 This year alone, Mercedes-Benz is managing 18 vehicle ramp-ups at eight locations worldwide, among them the start of production of the new C-Class sedan on four continents. billion) this year.

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