The second-largest luxury car brand in the U.S. behind BMW AG, Mercedes, is joining several other auto makers including Porsche (which has been headquartered in Atlanta for several years) to have moved operations and corporate headquarters to the South to take advantage of low union membership in right-to-work states, low corporate taxes and easy access to well-maintained highways, rail lines, ports and airports. I believe Republican Governor Deal rather than liberal Democrat Mayor of Atlanta Reed has had much to do with this business success...The Mercedes HQ is said to be set for a location in the northern Atlanta Sandy Springs City/suburb likely on or near Hammond Drive..... “We think the infrastructure in the States has changed,” Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said in an interview on Tuesday. “The South is much more relevant than it used to be. We think it is like a new start, a rejuvenation of our company to make that move.” Mercedes-Benz F015, a concept of a self-driving car that fits four passengers facing each other and can find its own way to a destination and park itself, is displayed at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show. Last April, Toyota Motor Corp. said it would relocate the majority of its U.S. operations to a new campus in Plano, Texas. South Korea’s Kia Motors Corp. opened a plant near Columbus, Ga., in 2010. A year later Volkswagen AG opened a plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. Other operations include BMW’s plant in South Carolina and Hyundai Motor Co. ’s plant in Alabama. The Georgia port in Brunswick is one of the nation’s leading importers of new automobiles. Outside of the auto industry, Mercedes-Benz joins corporations based in Atlanta, including Coca-Cola Co. , Delta Air Lines Inc., United Parcel Service Inc. and Home Depot Inc. The move would be a welcome boost to the metro Atlanta area, which has struggled since the recession and still has an unemployment rate above the national average
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 16:35:45 +0000
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