The Mercedes-Benz Malaysia (MBM) meeting plant in Pekan, Pahang has reached the 100,000 items milestone. The corporate says that it’s dedicated to spice up the native financial system with steady funding efforts – to this point, MBM has invested RM500 million within the facility.

“Mercedes-Benz is the primary and solely luxurious automotive producer to grasp the native manufacturing course of in Malaysia. Since its institution in 2004, the Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Plant in Pekan has performed a pivotal function in shaping the Malaysian automotive panorama,” stated Amanda Zhang, president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Vehicles Malaysia and head of area, Mercedes-Benz Vehicles SEA II.

“This yr’s milestone achievement highlights the plant’s exceptional evolvement and journey, reinforcing our dedication to strengthening our foothold within the luxurious automotive section,” she added.

The 100k milestone comes after one other excessive level that occurred earlier this yr. The profitable begin of native meeting of the EQS 500. Assembling EVs right here “accelerates the model’s electrical mobility drive and shapes the way forward for its automotive manufacturing, in addition to the path of its plant in Malaysia,” the corporate says, in line with Mercedes-Benz’s technique towards ‘electrical solely’.

Effort can also be being put into sustainability at Pekan. Mercedes-Benz’s dedication to sustainability is a elementary side of its enterprise technique, according to the United Nations Sustainable Improvement Objectives (UNSDGs). In “Ambition 2039”, the corporate has set the goal of creating the fleet of recent autos web carbon-neutral over the autos’ whole life cycle by 2039.

“In alignment with our sustainability imaginative and prescient, we’re dedicated to lowering our carbon footprint by minimizing water and vitality consumption whereas effectively managing waste. Collaborating with our contract manufacturing associate, Hicom Automotive, we’ve undertaken quite a few upgrades at our plant,” stated Andreas Lettner, VP of manufacturing at MBM.

“These enhancements embody investments in equipment, capability growth and the implementation of varied sustainability measures. These measures embody vitality conservation, decreased uncooked materials consumption by means of progressive packaging, rainwater utilization and the mixing of inexperienced vitality by means of photovoltaic panels,” he added.

Mercedes-Benz and its contract manufacturing associate, Hicom Automotive, are working in the direction of a ‘Inexperienced Manufacturing Goal’ for the Pekan plant to make sure that the most effective practices are adopted within the discount of vitality, water and waste; whereas growing the share of renewable vitality in its manufacturing. This consists of the aspiration to extend its renewable vitality supply from the present 30% to 85% by the tip of the last decade.

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