Mercedes-Benz Gaggenau Plant
(with Rastatt Plant Location)
(with Rastatt Plant Location)
The Gaggenau plant was founded in 1894 and is thus the oldest automotive plant in the world. As a commercial vehicle plant, it is today part of the Daimler Trucks division's operations.
On a total 639,041 sqm, manual and automated manual transmissions, axles, torque converters and pressed parts are manufactured for the Mercedes-Benz A- and B-Class, amongst others. The product portfolio of the transmissions product unit ranges from manual transmissions for passenger cars to heavy-duty commercial vehicle power trains.
In the converters and metal forming units, as well as in the international logistics consolidation center, products, components and services for automotive companies and suppliers worldwide are created.
Location
| Daimler AG Mercedes-Benz Gaggenau Plant Hauptstraße 107 76568 Gaggenau Deutschland |
Daimler AG Mercedes-Benz Gaggenau Plant - Rastatt Plant Location Wilhelm-Busch-Straße 45 76437 Rastatt Deutschland |
Phone
+49 722 561-0
Plant area
412.041 sqm (Gaggenau plant) / 227.000 sqm (Rastatt plant location)
Built-on plant area
106.900 sqm (Gaggenau plant) / 71.700 sqm (Rastatt plant location)
Number of employees
6,477 Employees (status 2007, Gaggenau transmission plant with Rastatt plant location)
1700
Installation of a forge hammer in Gaggenau1894
Foundation of Bergmanns Industriewerke GmbH Gaggenau
1895
5 hp automobile "Orient Express"
1905
Foundation of Süddeutsche Automobilfabrik GmbH Gaggenau, cars and trucks
1907
Takeover by Benz, Mannheim
1923
First installation of a diesel engine in a truck
1926
Merger Daimler-Benz AG
1944
Destruction of the plant by two air strikes
1951
Production: heavy duty trucks and Unimog
1967
Centralization of commercial vehicle transmission manufacturing in Gaggenau
1971
Construction at Rastatt plant site begins
1987
Manufacturing of range transmissions begins
2001
Anniversary: 50 years Mercedes-Benz Unimog, manufacturing of 5 Mill. transmissions
2001
Reorientation as a center of competence for manual and automated manual transmissions
2002
Relocation of the Unimog production to the plant Wörth;
Establishing the Consolidation Center to Brazil; Start of production of medium duty transmissions in Brazil
2003
Anniversary: production of 10 Mill. Torque converters in 25 years
2005
Completion forming the product center Special Transmissions
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