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BEIJING (Reuters) -Daimler AG’s main China joint venture with BAIC Motor plans to add a shift and working days at two Beijing plants that will boost nominal capacity to make Mercedes-Benz cars by 45%, a document on the venture’s Chinese website showed.
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The projected upgrade at Beijing Benz Automotive Co (BBAC), 49%-owned by Stuttgart-based Daimler and the latter’s main business in China, was set out in a document posted on the BBAC website last month to seek public opinion on the expansion.
It comes as demand for BBAC’s luxury vehicles surges in the world’s biggest car market. China is Daimler’s biggest country business, with more cars sold there than in Germany and the United States combined.
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BEIJING: Daimler AG s main China joint venture with BAIC Motor plans to add a shift and working days at two Beijing plants that will boost nominal capacity to make Mercedes-Benz cars by 45 per cent, a document on the venture s Chinese website showed.
The projected upgrade at Beijing Benz Automotive Co (BBAC), 49 per cent-owned by Stuttgart-based Daimler and the latter s main business in China, was set out in a document posted on the BBAC website last month to seek public opinion on the expansion.
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