The new Mercedes GLC will be also produced in Finland
- Mercedes will relocate part of the production of the GLC to Finland from 2017. The SUV from segment D, which is based on the Mercedes C-Class and came to replace the GLK (with moderate success) will be assembled in the Bremen plant in Germany and in the Valmet Automotive plant in Uusikaupunki in Finland.
- Mercedes had already relocated in 2013 part of the production of the A-Class sedan at Valmet. A contract provided for 100 000 cars produced in four years (2013 to 2017), ie 25 000 per year. The same type of contract could be signed for the GLC, a production of 100 000 units produced in four years (2017-2021). 2022 should see a new generation of Mercedes GLC (the current model was launched in 2015).
- These successive contracts allow Valmet to sustain its business, since the Finnish assembler saw the departure of the Porsche Boxster and the Cayman from its assembly lines in 2011 and that of the Fisker Karma in 2012. The contract with Mercedes for the A-Class in 2013 was therefore very much needed for Valmet.
- Valmet is best known for bringing together the Saab convertible between 1986 and 1996. In 1997, Porsche decided to produce its new Boxster model in Valmet and its Cayman model from 2005. Prior to 1986, Valmet had assembled the Talbot Horizon 1510 and Solara sold to Scandinavian markets.
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