<p>Some people were asking what else they should visit while in town vising Bama. So, here’s one suggestion:</p>
<p>Mercedes Manufacturing Excellence in Alabama</p>
<p>Welcome to Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, U.S.A., and the manufacturing facility where the M-Class, the R-Class, and the GL-Class are built. Everything is under one roof from Body, Paint, and Assembly shops to Administration and Shipping. This unity helps to emphasize the importance of teamwork and to foster team member communication and facilitate the consistent, incomparable quality inherent in the assembly of all Mercedes-Benz vehicles.</p>
<p>the plant is over 3 million square feet and is on just under 1000 acres of property. (That’s about the same size of Bama as it exists now without the addition of the Bryce property)</p>
<p>Size of Site 3,803,240 square meters (966 acres)
Size of plant - (total square footage) 298,700 square meters (more than 3 million square feet)
Original total investment Approx $400 Million
Expansion investment $600 Million
Total Investment $1 Billion plus ($290 million expansion underway)
Plant Configuration One expanded Body Shop
Two Paint Shops
Two Assembly Shops
Current employment
(As of 1/2010) approx. 3,000
Total annual production volume after expansion approx. 174,000 units
Local Content (in value)
(From NAFTA suppliers) Approximately 65%
Value Added
(% of vehicle built in plant) Approximately 20%
Current vehicles produced M-Class
R-Class
GL-Class </p>
<p>Economic Impact MBUSI exports more than $1 Billion in finished product </p>
<p>[MBUSI</a> Factory](<a href=“http://www.mbusi.com/pages/factory_home.asp]MBUSI”>http://www.mbusi.com/pages/factory_home.asp)</p>
<p>for tours… [MBUSI</a> Production Facility Tours](<a href=“http://www.mbusi.com/pages/vc_tours.asp]MBUSI”>http://www.mbusi.com/pages/vc_tours.asp)</p>