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march 03, 2017 - Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz Trucks at the "Retro Classics 2017": From stand-alone plants to networked production: commercial vehicle production at Mercedes-Benz
More than 16 exhibits for Europe's largest classic vehicle show
Also a Freightliner Cascadia and a #mercedesbenz 4850 A 8x8 on the neighbouring open area
Legends of Trucking: app shows the story of Daimler trucks
Historical and current #mercedesbenz trucks on 1000 square metres
Wörth: from Actros to Zetros – product variety on a global scale
Mannheim: from medium-duty trucks to engines in all classes
Gaggenau: from a general vehicle plant to a transmission specialist
Kassel: from a #truck plant to an axle specialist
Commercial vehicles from #mercedesbenz are represented at the Retro Classics show (2 to 5 March, exhibition complex "Stuttgart Messe") by 16 exhibits. The vehicles on show demonstrate the long-standing traditions of #truck expertise at the Trucks division of Daimler AG, the global leader in light, medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles and special-purpose vehicles such as the Econic, Unimog and Zetros.
New app for classic fans – Legends of Trucking
Matching the classic vehicle show, #mercedesbenz is presenting the new app "Legends of Trucking". The app describes the history of the #truck based on vehicles produced under the brand names Daimler, Benz and #mercedesbenz.
The free app for iOS and Android presents the vehicle models on a timeline from the beginning up to the present day, including details of every
#mercedesbenz #truck, with additional downloadable content. It includes photos, films, brochures and historical test reports, as well as 360-degree videos and 360-degree photos that are compatible with virtual reality headsets. It also provides an overview on an interactive world map of today's globally structured #truck division of Daimler AG, with the brands #mercedesbenz, Freightliner, Western Star, Fuso and Bharat-Benz.
The variety of brands is also reflected in the variety of production plants. This goes hand in hand with the motto "The history of the plants" under which #mercedesbenz Trucks is participating in Europe's largest classic vehicle show, #retroclassics2017. This year, trucks ranging from the Lo 2000 of 1935 to the heavy-duty Arocs SLT 4163 represent progressions in the vehicle range together with ten other trucks. Most of them have the Mercedes star on the hood or radiator grille.
Exhibits: products and production know-how yesterday and today
But not all of them. The history of #mercedesbenz #truck and component plants also includes trucks of the Henschel brand. Together with engines, transmissions and axles, these distinctive forward-control trucks stand for a production structure that has evolved over several decades, and which concentrated and consolidated component manufacturing expertise in specific locations at an early stage, in this case at the Kassel plant.
This early stage means the 1960s. It is since then that all medium and heavy-duty #mercedesbenz trucks produced in Europe have come from the plant in Wörth. More than half a century ago, the role of central production location for trucks went to this completely newly constructed plant on the Rhine. The reason: at the end of the 1950s the #truck plants of the then Daimler-Benz AG in Mannheim (light and medium-duty trucks between six and twelve tonnes gross vehicle weight) and Gaggenau (heavy-duty trucks over twelve tonnes) were at full capacity.
Together these two traditional locations were unable to produce more than
150 trucks per day, i.e. 40 000 units per year. For historical reasons they were both located in urban surroundings, which made any further expansion almost impossible. So the company reorganised its production in 1963. Gaggenau and Mannheim were relieved of their #truck production, Sindelfingen relinquished its previous cab production to concentrate on passenger cars, and Wörth grew into the brand's central #truck production location.
Production plant in Wörth: start-up with light-duty trucks
The first complete #truck left the production line in Wörth in summer 1965. This LP 608 was part of a new light-duty #truck series. The medium and heavy-duty trucks followed in one-year stages until 1967, coinciding with model changeovers. Incidentally: as early as 1968, customers, picking up their trucks themselves, were for the first time given driver training as part of a thorough introduction to their vehicle. This was the start of today's extensive range of services, from vehicle familiarisation to several days of professional eco-training and right up to advanced training for professional drivers according to the current, stringent legal requirements.
The plant in Wörth was initially conceived for a daily capacity of around 200 trucks – i.e. around 50 000 per year. Since then the location has grown into the world's largest #truck plant. Today the Wörth plant is able to bring up to 470 units onto the roads of the world each day. Vehicle production is based on components supplied by specialised production centres such as Mannheim (engines), Kassel (driven and non-driven #truck axles) and Gaggenau (transmissions).
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