FRANKFURT, Sept 27 (Reuters) - German automaker DaimlerChrysler AG is not planning to cut production at its biggest Mercedes plant in Sindelfingen, southern Germany, Mercedes chief Juergen Hubbert was quoted on Saturday as saying.
"There are no reductions in Sindelfingen, by the same token none in Bremen or Untertuerkheim," Hubbert told Automobilwoche, a bi-weekly car magazine published in German.
This contradicted a report in a DaimlerChrysler workers' magazine earlier this week saying that changed market conditions would force lower production levels at Sindelfingen which would have an impact on some workers with short-term contracts.
The Sindelfingen plant outside Stuttgart in southern Germany is Mercedes' biggest plant with 33,373 employees. It builds C-Class and E-Class models, key to Mercedes' profits.
The luxury Mercedes division, the earnings motor for DaimlerChrysler as the company's U.S. Chrysler arm struggles to make money, expects flat earnings this year.
"We are continuing to drive a programme that will use full capacity at all locations," Hubbert told Automobilwoche, adding that the outlook for Sindelfingen was for a slight rise in production this year, despite a difficult economic situation.
Some 330,000 vehicles were produced in the plant during the first eight months of the year, an increase of around three percent from last year, the magazine said.