Friday evening was a historic and proud moment for Mercedes Benz South Africa, its leadership, management, staff, and the province of the Eastern Cape because the last Mercedes Benz W205 vehicle rolled out of the factory line marking the end of a prolific era for the company and our economy.
“We congratulate Mercedes Benz South Africa for this achievement, for their partnership with government to build the learning academy that trained sons and daughters of our province who were later employed to work in the manufacturing of the W205, for creating procurement opportunities for suppliers designing and manufacturing parts for this project,” said Eastern Cape Premier, Oscar Mabuyane, in a statement.
“We congratulate the company, its managers and employees for building one of the best ever built vehicles in the history of automobiles in the world.
“Now that the W205 project was completed successfully, we wish the company, its management and staff all the best as they get ready to manufacture the Mercedes Benz W206.
“In my previous engagements with the leadership of MBSA, I expressed our appreciation for their infrastructure investment in their plant in East London and for creating jobs and business opportunities for the people of our province and our country.
“We are looking forward to more opportunities for our people, benefits to our provincial economy that will come with the start of the manufacturing of the Mercedes Benz W206.
“We are looking forward to seeing the first W206 vehicle rolling out of the factory line in our province. We are increasing industrialization of our provincial economy for such projects.”