Mercedes-Benz Rastatt plant.

Facts and figures

Mercedes-Benz Plant Rastatt.

The Mercedes-Benz Plant Rastatt started production in 1992 and today serves as the competence center for compact car production within the global Mercedes-Benz production network. With around 7,000 employees, the plant, including its Kuppenheim site, is the largest employer in the region.

With the Mercedes-Benz CLA, the new generation of compact vehicles was launched in 2025. Today, the site produces the CLA as both a Coupé and Shooting Brake, as well as the compact SUV GLA. Production is drive-system flexible: hybrid and electric vehicles are built on the same production line. As a pioneer of the “Digital First” approach, the Rastatt plant consistently leverages digital technologies such as the digital twin and the MO360 production ecosystem.

At the nearby Kuppenheim site, body-in-white components as well as structural and body parts, particularly for compact vehicles, are manufactured.

Production

  • Mercedes-Benz CLA
  • Mercedes-Benz GLA
A glimpse into production at the Mercedes-Benz plant Rastatt.
A glimpse into production at the Mercedes-Benz plant Rastatt.
A glimpse into production at the Mercedes-Benz plant Rastatt.
A glimpse into production at the Mercedes-Benz plant Rastatt.
A glimpse into production at the Mercedes-Benz plant Rastatt.
A glimpse into production at the Mercedes-Benz plant Rastatt.
A glimpse into production at the Mercedes-Benz plant Rastatt.
A glimpse into production at the Mercedes-Benz plant Rastatt.
A glimpse into production at the Mercedes-Benz plant Rastatt.
A glimpse into production at the Mercedes-Benz plant Rastatt.
A glimpse into production at the Mercedes-Benz plant Rastatt.
A glimpse into production at the Mercedes-Benz plant Rastatt.

Foundation of plant  

1992

Employees  

6,000

(as of December 2025)

Sustainability

Mercedes Benz publishes plant-specific environmental data and measures for its production plants worldwide, which are documented in the respective environmental reports.
More information here.

Worldwide locations.

Production network.

The Mercedes-Benz production network at a glance.

Environmental statements.

Environmental statements of our plants.

Beyond the certification of the environmental management systems to ISO 14001 standards, all German production sites of Mercedes-Benz take part in the European eco audit system (EMAS).