The Mercedes-Benz plant in Aksaray, 230km south-east from the Turkish
capital of Ankara, has built its 200,000th truck.
Turkey is the world’s
third-largest sales market for Mercedes-Benz Trucks after Brazil and Germany.
Mercedes-Benz Trucks sold roughly 17,000 units in Turkey in 2013.
“The Aksaray
plant is a key component of our Mercedes-Benz Trucks production network,” said
the Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Stefan Buchner.
About €310
million has been invested in the Aksaray plant since 1986. Most recently, €20
million were spent there to construct a new production hall that will add a
further 10,000m² to the plant’s production area and increase annual production
capacity to 17,500 units.
Mercedes-Benz
Türk was established in Istanbul in 1967. It began producing buses for the
Turkish market in 1968. In 1986, the Aksaray plant launched production of
trucks.
Over the years,
it has developed into a key industrial facility and become the most important
employer in the region. Today, the plant manufactures Actros, Axor, and Atego
trucks using state-of-the-art production systems. Most of the trucks built at
the plant are sold in Turkey.
The Aksaray plant
currently occupies an area of 560,000 m². Highly modern production
machinery and equipment ensure a high level of product quality. The facility
has been certified in accordance with the stringent ISO
environmental-protection standard since 2003. The Aksaray plant currently has
1,700 employees.
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