Mercedes-Benz Vans now building Sprinters start to finish in the Lowcountry
Mercedes-Benz Vans revealed the first Sprinter van made from start to finish in the United States today at its newly expanded manufacturing site in Ladson.
Company executives and workers cheered as Michael Balke, president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Vans, drove the newest version of the Sprinter van onto a stage. S.C. politicians, economic developers and business leaders were among the crowd.
Sprinter van production is now underway at the manufacturing campus along Palmetto Commerce Parkway, just outside of North Charleston. The site employs 900 people today, up from around 150 several years ago.
