MAN LATIN AMERICA INCREASES PRODUCTION
MAN Latin America is expanding its capacity at the Resende plant in Brazil and will introduce a third shift in March 2010. The company made the announcement at a meeting with Sérgio Cabral, Governor of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. In making the move, MAN is responding to the growing demand for commercial vehicles in Latin America, and Brazil in particular. The Resende plant’s capacity will be raised to 72,000 trucks and bus chassis a year.
In 2009, the capacity for truck and bus chassis production was around 50,000.The partner to the so-called ‘Consórcio Modular,’ a globally unique modular production system encompassing seven key suppliers, will take 700 new workers on in Resende over the next few weeks. This will bring the total number of people employed by MAN Latin America and its support service providers to 5,400.
“Brazil has left the global economic crisis behind it and will continue to grow this year. We are confident that other countries in Latin America will also see further growth,” said Antonio Roberto Cortes, President of MAN Latin America.
