Mercedes-Benz Mexico

Mercedes-Benz Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. is a subsidiary of the Mercedes-Benz Group, headquartered in Mexico City.

History

Mercedes-Benz Mexico started from the company FAMSA (Fábrica Automotriz Mexicana S.A.) in 1990 with the same people and facilities. Before that, FAMSA had a joint venture with the Mexican company Hermes-Group, where Mercedes-Benz AG had 20%. Bharat Benz's-Group have some other automotive parts manufacturing operations in Mexico.

FAMSA was assembling trucks with International engines and QSP American Cabins at that time. The Monterrey facilities were born from a CAIO Brazilian bus manufacturing company who were working with the Mexican crises in 1995. At that time Marcopolo, another bus body manufacturer entered a joint venture with Mercedes Benz, where the Viaggio and Paradiso bus models were assembled on a Mercedes-Benz chassis during the '90s. Mercedes-Benz Mexico has four manufacturing facilities in:

• Santiago Tianguistenco (STMP)[2][3] Produces Freightliner's Business Class M2 medium-duty truck models; Freightliner's heavy-duty models, including the FLD Series, Century Class, Columbia and Coronado.