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MBUSI Factory

MBUSI's Production Capacity Expands …

Since 2001, MBUSI has undergone a $600 million expansion that doubled production capacity to 160,000 vehicles per year, doubled the workforce to approximately 4,000, and doubled the size of the plant to about three-million square feet. Total capital investment in Tuscaloosa is now more than $1 billion.

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Mercedes Manufacturing Excellence… in Alabama

Welcome to Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, U.S.A., and the manufacturing facility where the M-Class and the newest members of the Mercedes-Benz line, the R-Class and ML-Class, are assembled. 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 fosters team member communication in order to help build consistent quality into all our Mercedes-Benz vehicles.

Each model is built "just-in-time," a manufacturing method based on the idea that stockpiling large amounts of inventory is not only inefficient but unnecessary. In fact, in the assembly shop, only 2 hours worth of inventory is stocked (approximately 3 hours in the body shop) at any given time for the production line. When additional inventory is needed, our automated system places an order for replenishment and it's delivered almost immediately.

The manufacturing process for both models begins in the Body Shop where the components that comprise the metal body are welded together. Then, from the ultra-clean Paint Shop, the painted body finishes its journey in Assembly where it becomes a new Mercedes-Benz M, R, or GL-Class ready for shipping. From beginning to end, our Mercedes-Benz vehicles are created with style, functionality, and quality in mind.

To make this process possible, the MBUSI Energy Center provides and monitors the power required to produce the vehicles. Team members in the Energy Center work around the clock in three shifts to make sure that we have all the electricity, natural gas, compressed air, and various waters used in the manufacturing process. The energy required at full production is approximately 50 million watts—or roughly similar to the typical energy needs of 10,000 single-family homes.