Putin Opens New, Cutting-Edge Mercedes-Benz Auto Assembly Plant In Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the official opening of a Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in the Yesipovo industrial park in the Moscow Region. Prior to the ceremony, he had inspected the new plant’s assembly line. The Kremlin press service reports that this line was installed based on the full flexible assembly system, using Industry 4.0 level technologies, which make it possible to arrange simultaneous production of several automobile platforms. The first car assembled in the plant will be an