Mercedes-Benz Malaysia to build a new customised warehouse in Pekan as part of expansion plans

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Mercedes-Benz Malaysia has announced that construction of its new customised warehouse near its Pekan assembly plant is set to begin sometime this month. The 175,000 sq ft facility will be used to house completely knock down (CKD) kits for Mercedes-Benz passenger vehicles as well as MB and Mitsubishi FUSO commercial vehicles, with a capacity of 180 complete lots at any one time.

It’s the next move in ramping up production capability in the country for the brand, having recently invested in preparing its assembly line and manpower to build the new W222 Mercedes-Benz S400L Hybrid. The Pekan plant currently assembles S-Class, E-Class and C-Class vehicles, and has built 33,790 MB passenger vehicles to date.

The new warehouse has been commissioned with the capability to accommodate future growth, designed to be able to expand an additional 5,000 square metres in storage capacity. Construction will take approximately 15 months to complete, and the facility is expected to be fully operational by September 2015.

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Comments

  • seancorr on Jun 10, 2014 at 12:26 pm

    Anticipating growth in this segment I see…

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    • Thank you Mercedes for trusting our peaceful Malaysia. Hope other manufacturers will follow @ back away from the chaotic & corrupted Thailand

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  • kzm (Member) on Jun 10, 2014 at 1:02 pm

    news is like krik krik krik..

    …not bothered by hater of boleh auto industry. Oni waiting for news that they can bash like no tonite..

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  • Anonymous on Jun 10, 2014 at 1:11 pm

    Good news since it will bring more jobs for local people in Malaysia.

    Smart move from Merc since Malaysia have a stable economy and politic.

    Waiting for more good news like this.

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  • razibar on Jun 10, 2014 at 1:23 pm

    what happen to the new C-class? when can we expect the CKD version to be on sale?? i cant wait that long??? i’m not getting any younger… come on MB, please organize your priority…

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    • GT3 (Member) on Jun 10, 2014 at 4:22 pm

      According to a close friend of mine who’s working at the assembly plant there, the new-gen C-Class is scheduled to start its assembly early next year as the current-gen C-Class has ended its production last month.
      The new lineup of Fuso trucks are also coming next year with new Euro 4 engine as the current Euro 2 engine is only allowed to be assembled up to Dec this year only.

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      • Sam's Best Friend on Jun 10, 2014 at 6:32 pm

        Any chance the new C-class get hybrid CKDed in Pekan? Could end up with a high spec wagon C-Class plug-in hybrid for $240k? That would be the most interesting development.

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  • abuya on Jun 10, 2014 at 5:50 pm

    Good news. The thing that they already do decade ago on their motherland.

    We need customized car before buy

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    • rb26power on Jun 11, 2014 at 4:23 pm

      its the warehouse that is customized, not the car customization program. read properly lah. *slaps head*

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  • King Khong on Jun 11, 2014 at 2:03 am

    CBU preferred ~ ;(

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