In 1996, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc. unveiled a state-of-the-art, fully equipped manufacturing plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in the United States. This plant would serve as the new hub of all North American production; it would also come to generate 13% of the company’s worldwide sales. Originally designed to produce Mercedes’ new M-Class model, the Tuscaloosa plant quickly exceeded the company’s expectations, an

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