Daimler's Mercedes-Benz plant was suspended due to tornado

Germany’s Daimler Automotive Group announced on April 28 that due to a tornado in the Mid-South region of the United States, the company’s Mercedes-Benz automobile plant in Alabama, USA will be temporarily suspended, and Alabama will storm the storm. The worst-hit areas.

Daimler Motors stated that because the Alabama Mercedes factory was not in the center of the tornado attack, the facility was not damaged. However, the Alabama Mercedes-Benz plant will still suspend production on April 28 and 29, and plans to resume normal production on Monday (May 2).

Felicia Jerald, spokeswoman for Mercedes-Benz, said that although the factory was not damaged, many factory workers’ houses were hit by storms and are still in a state of power cut.

It is reported that Mercedes-Benz Alabama factory employs 2,800 employees. The factory mainly produces Mercedes-Benz M-class, R-class and GL-class models.

At present, a tornado caused at least 58 people to die in Alabama, of which the city of Tuscaloosa was the hardest hit. The tornado caused at least 15 people to die in the city. In addition, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee have also been affected.