Complementing the initial investment of US$20 million carried out in December 2022 to acquire a 20 hectare property in the Buenos Aires town of Zarate, Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Buses Argentinacompany belonging to the group Daimler Truck AGannounced this Thursday in an official act an additional investment of $30 million intended for the construction of a new and independent logistics center for auto parts and spare parts.
In just seven months, the company completes a US$50 million investment in Argentina to build a auto parts and spare parts logistics center of 6,300 square meters in Zarate. The automaker also announced that it will begin export bus chassis from Argentina.
The official act was headed Raul Barcesat, CEO of Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Buses Argentinaand by the secretary of Industry and Productive Development of the Nation, Jose Ignacio de Mendiguren. There it was reported that the investment is intended for the construction of a auto parts and spare parts logistics center and other infrastructure works required for its operation on the company’s property located in the km 90 of the national route No. 9, Zarate. It will start operating during the second half of 2024.
“With 18 months of operation as independent company, we are extremely proud, because announcing this new investment is confirming our present and future in the country. Our trucks They transport the raw materials and finished products to every corner of it. Our buses They transport Argentines in the short, medium and long distance. The investments made demonstrate our commitment to the development of our national industry and the argentinian work in the long term”, commented Barcesat.
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For his part, Mendiguren affirmed that “this kind of investment is what consolidates the path to development that we promote from the economic team of Sergio Massa. For a development project to prosper, it is necessary to set objectives, find consensus among the workers, the company and politics, establish the rhythms and priorities, and create the necessary tools. And that’s what we’re seeing here.”
“When a company with the history of Mercedes Benz bet on Argentina, is indicating the country that sees the future. We are here to continue promoting all investments with policies for a sector that concretely demonstrated that it grows with industrial policy”, the official highlighted.
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The focus of the new facilities contemplates, from the beginning, all the measures related to developing an operation that mitigates the environmental impact characteristic of any production process, following the demanding standards of safety and care for the environment of Daimler Truck AG in this matter, which are in force in the different production plants that the company has in the world.
The investment, which occurs within the framework of the business plan that the company has in our country, is intended for the construction of a auto parts and spare parts logistics center with the aim of promoting the installation of new local providersthe development of new job positions and the economic growth in the area.
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During the event, the firm also announced that it will begin export bus chassis from the Zárate plant. This means that the twenty% of the produced chassis of the model city bus OH 1621 by 2023 they will have been allocated to the export.
Local production covers different models of trucks Accelo and atego and the chassis of OH and OF buses that develop an important value chain. The weight of national manufacturing is also verified in the volumes and nature of sales, since more than 70% of the vehicles delivered in 2023 correspond to models produced in Argentina.
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The Undersecretary of Industry of the Nation, Priscilla Makari; the national deputy Micalea Moran; and the mayor of Zarate, Osvaldo Caffaro. In representation of Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Buses Argentina Also present was the director of After Sales, fernando rivero.
Mercedes Benz Trucks and Buses operates under this name since December 2021, when the separation of Mercedes-Benz from Argentina locally replicating the global transformation of Daimler AG into two independent groups: Mercedes-Benz AG and Daimler Truck AG.
Source: Ambito
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