Mercedes-Benz Werk Kassel
Overview
Visitors' address
Mercedes-Benz Kassel Plant
Mercedesplatz 1
34127 Kassel
Germany
Mercedesplatz 1
34127 Kassel
Germany
Postal address
Daimler AG
Mercedes-Benz Kassel Plant
34112 Kassel
Germany
Mercedes-Benz Kassel Plant
34112 Kassel
Germany
Phone
Phone: +49 561 802-0
Production
Axles, powertrain and components
Facts & Figures
Plant area
435,873 sqm
Number of employees (2010)
2,860
Plant founded
1810
History
1810
Foundation of a cannon and bell foundry by Georg Ch. K. Henschel in Kassel
1848
The first locomotive - known as the „Dragon“ - enters operation
1910
Delivery of the 10.000th locomotive
1924
Start of the truck production at Georg Ch. K. Henschel in Kassel
1943
Air raids almost completely destroy Henschel
1945/46
Resumption of locomotive- and truck-reparation
1948
Resumption and expansion of vehicle production
1969
Foundation of Hanomag-Henschel-Fahrzeugwerke AG together with Daimler-Benz AG
1969 - 1980
Gradual conversion of the Kassel plant from truck production to axle production
1970
Start of axle production for the commercial vehicle division of Daimler-Benz AG
1980
The last CBE (cab-behind-engine) truck rolls off the production line in Kassel
1989
The five millionth axle leaves the production line. The company is renamed Mercedes-Benz AG
1995
Powertrain becomes a seperate business unit. Organisational consolidation of development (Stuttgart) and production locations (Kassel, Gaggenau)
1996
Start of trailer axle production.
1997
Powertrain Axles (profit center) as an independend axle supplier with external customers.
2000
Foundation of the AAC company to develop the NAFTA region. Assumption of propshaft assembly in Wörth.
2001
Formation of "Powersystems". Production milestones: 10 million axles from Kassel, 1.5 million axles from Gaggenau, 100 000 trailer axles
2004
New commercial vehicle structure as a global supplier, consolidating the "4Ps" (product planning, development, procurement, production planning).
2005
25 Years of axle-competence at Kassel plant
2007
Renaming as "Mercedes-Benz Kassel — A Daimler AG Plant."
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