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Mercedes-Benz Argentina
Mercedes-Benz Argentina S.A.U. is the Argentine subsidiary of international conglomerate Mercedes-Benz Group which produces and markets Mercedes-Benz utility vehicles in the country. The company (headquartered in Munro, district of Buenos Aires Province) was established in 1951 and has its assembly plant in Virrey del Pino, La Matanza Partido, where trucks and buses have been produced. Furthermore, MBA imports a wide range of luxury automobile models including sedans, SUVs, and AMG performance cars.
The company was the first subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz AG outside Germany. As of 2022, it has 2,022 employees.
Former racing car driver and five-time F1 world drivers' champion, Juan Manuel Fangio, was named "lifetime honorary president" of the company in 1974. It was the only time Mercedes-Benz had such honorary position in the history of the company.
On September 6, 1951, "Mercedes-Benz Argentina" was founded as S.R.L. The company's first board of directors was made up of Jorge Antonio, Atilio Gómez, Germán Timmermann and Cesar Rubín, with Dr. Roig acting as trustee. The following year, L3500 trucks began to be assembled at a plant in San Martín Partido. At the same time the factory began production of the first 170 SD cars and different versions of the utility model 170 D for combi, pick-up and cargo box.
In 1952 Mercedes-Benz Argentina was incorporated as "Sociedad Anónima" and the company acquired a land on NR 3 km 43.5 in González Catán where the first MB integrated production plant outside Germany was built. The plant had a covered area of 85,000 m3 and a production capacity of 600 units per month to supply the cargo and passenger market.
That same year the company carried out its plans for the manufacture and assembly of L3500, L4500 and L6600 models. The assembly of the LO 3500 bus and the L5400 truck also began. In 1954, MBA inaugurated its head office in the city of Buenos Aires, with the presence of the German Chancellor, Ludwig Erhard, among other personalities. The assembly of the L 6600 truck began. Soon after, MBA started production of gearboxes and began assembling OP 3500 buses. At the end of that year, the political changes in Argentina directly affected the company, which was taken over by the dictatorial government calling itself Revolución Libertadora ("Liberating Revolution"), which paralysed production.
A legal case is under way in which a senior manager of the company is accused of involvement in the disappearances and murders of trade union activists carried out by Argentine security forces.
The San Martín plant closed in July 1956 and all production concentrated in the González Catán factory. In 1958 the intervention of the company was lifted and a new board of directors was appointed. The following year, the construction works for a second plant were completed. Production of the L 311/312 trucks and LO 311/312 buses began. The 1960s began with administrative changes in the company that passed into the hands of Daimler-Benz AG. Two years later, the OM 321 engine was industrialized and in 1963 the 10,000th Mercedes-Benz unit manufactured in the country rolled off the assembly lines.
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Mercedes-Benz Argentina
Mercedes-Benz Argentina S.A.U. is the Argentine subsidiary of international conglomerate Mercedes-Benz Group which produces and markets Mercedes-Benz utility vehicles in the country. The company (headquartered in Munro, district of Buenos Aires Province) was established in 1951 and has its assembly plant in Virrey del Pino, La Matanza Partido, where trucks and buses have been produced. Furthermore, MBA imports a wide range of luxury automobile models including sedans, SUVs, and AMG performance cars.
The company was the first subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz AG outside Germany. As of 2022, it has 2,022 employees.
Former racing car driver and five-time F1 world drivers' champion, Juan Manuel Fangio, was named "lifetime honorary president" of the company in 1974. It was the only time Mercedes-Benz had such honorary position in the history of the company.
On September 6, 1951, "Mercedes-Benz Argentina" was founded as S.R.L. The company's first board of directors was made up of Jorge Antonio, Atilio Gómez, Germán Timmermann and Cesar Rubín, with Dr. Roig acting as trustee. The following year, L3500 trucks began to be assembled at a plant in San Martín Partido. At the same time the factory began production of the first 170 SD cars and different versions of the utility model 170 D for combi, pick-up and cargo box.
In 1952 Mercedes-Benz Argentina was incorporated as "Sociedad Anónima" and the company acquired a land on NR 3 km 43.5 in González Catán where the first MB integrated production plant outside Germany was built. The plant had a covered area of 85,000 m3 and a production capacity of 600 units per month to supply the cargo and passenger market.
That same year the company carried out its plans for the manufacture and assembly of L3500, L4500 and L6600 models. The assembly of the LO 3500 bus and the L5400 truck also began. In 1954, MBA inaugurated its head office in the city of Buenos Aires, with the presence of the German Chancellor, Ludwig Erhard, among other personalities. The assembly of the L 6600 truck began. Soon after, MBA started production of gearboxes and began assembling OP 3500 buses. At the end of that year, the political changes in Argentina directly affected the company, which was taken over by the dictatorial government calling itself Revolución Libertadora ("Liberating Revolution"), which paralysed production.
A legal case is under way in which a senior manager of the company is accused of involvement in the disappearances and murders of trade union activists carried out by Argentine security forces.
The San Martín plant closed in July 1956 and all production concentrated in the González Catán factory. In 1958 the intervention of the company was lifted and a new board of directors was appointed. The following year, the construction works for a second plant were completed. Production of the L 311/312 trucks and LO 311/312 buses began. The 1960s began with administrative changes in the company that passed into the hands of Daimler-Benz AG. Two years later, the OM 321 engine was industrialized and in 1963 the 10,000th Mercedes-Benz unit manufactured in the country rolled off the assembly lines.
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