Daimler to build new engine plant in China
Daimler Trucks, the world’s largest commercial vehicle maker, said its Chinese joint venture will begin building a new 30,000 square meters engine plant next to its headquarters in Beijing’s Huairou district by the first half of 2013.
It will invest more than RMB 1 billion (around €135 million). Production capacity at the plant will be designed for up to 45,000 engines per year.
The plant, which is scheduled for completion in 2014, will manufacture OM 457-type engines for Auman brand trucks built by Daimler’s local joint venture BFDA founded together with partner Beiqi Foton.
The diesel engine is currently being used in Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles in Europe and Latin America, and is already undergoing successful test runs in trucks made by the joint venture.
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