The Mercedes-Benz plant in Charleston was founded in April 2006, at the time as DaimlerChrysler Manufacturing International.
The market launch in the USA of the first Mercedes-Benz Sprinter was in January 2010 and the Metris followed in September 2015. The plant was renamed to Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC, in January 2016. The plant expansion started in 2016 and its grand opening was in September 2018. Already in August 2018, the start of production of the current Sprinter van model begun, and since then more than 100,000 Vans have been produced.
Foundation of Plant
Number of Employees in 2022
Annual Production (vehicles) in 2022
Production
- Sprinter (large Van)
- Metris (midsize Van)
Press contact plant Charleston
Thomas Christian Rosenthal E-Mail: thomas_christian.rosenthal@mercedes-benz.com