NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – Mercedes-Benz Vans, a division of global truck maker Daimler, plans to invest around $500 million and creating potentially up to 1,300 jobs to build a new manufacturing facility in North Charleston, SC, for its Sprinter van as it seeks to capitalize on growth in the commercial van segment.
The new facility will cover around 1.1 million sq. ft., in addition to a 2.8 million sq. ft. marshaling yard for finished vehicles, and is expected to be completed “sometime at the end of this decade,” noted Volker Mornhinweg, head of Mercedes-Benz Vans, at a groundbreaking event held here at its current 409,000 sq. ft. assembly facility in North Charleston.
“The key to our success is a strong global presence,” said Mornhinweg, but the U.S. market has become a much more critical part of the “global success” in recent years, he stressed.
