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MERCEDES INVESTMENT IN POLAND The Mercedes concern has been present in Poland for over 25 years, but today not only through dealerships. In Lower Silesia, a Mercedes-Benz engine and electric battery factory is being built. It is the first production investment of Daimler AG in Poland.
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he Mercedes Benz Manufacturing Poland (MBMP) factory is located in the Jawor commune, about 70 km from Wrocław, in the Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone. It is one of over 30 plants of the concern in the global network of Mercedes-Benz Cars. It produces technologically advanced conventional engines. Soon the production of electric batteries for plug-in hybrid vehicles will be launched. Batteries from Jawor will drive Mercedes passenger hybrids according to the vision of “Ambition 2039”, which aims at a fleet of cars fully neutral in terms of CO2 emissions. In turn, by 2022, over 50% of the cars sold will be equipped with electric power units, produced, among
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others, in the plant in Jawor. The engine and battery factory is part of the so-called fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0.), which is based on the use of cyber-physical systems, allowing, among others, for real-time information management or digital production management. The production process uses, among others, augmented reality (AR) or Big Data analyses, which significantly support work during production and assembly. The Mercedes plant in Jawor, apart from innovative solutions in the area of production, is also a leader in terms of ecology and low carbon dioxide emissions. All energy covering the needs of the plant comes from renewable sources: electricity from the wind power plant park in Taczalin, and thermal energy from
biomass (wood chips from an energy willow plantation). Jawor factory is a good “citizen” of the region. It supports socio-economic development by investing in modern technologies and creating highly specialised jobs. It undertakes activities in the cultural, social and educational sphere. As part of the active shaping of the labor market, the company has focused on activating women’s potential in the region, offering young women educational programmes on new technologies (“Girls Go Technology, or girls tame technology”, job fairs for women, etc.). The company supports orphanages in Jawor, care facilities for seniors and is also involved in important events in the region.
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