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NEWSLETTER MERCEDES-BENZ MANUFACTURING POLAND | ISSUE XIV | DECEMBER 2019 Another year has gone by! News 3 MBMPL in the Region 14 Our Team 4 MBMPL in Poland 16 Our Interview 5 News from the Daimler Concern 17 A Year Full of Challenges 6 Do you know… 19 She’s Mercedes 12 2 | OUR TEAM MERCEDES-BENZ MANUFACTURING POLAND Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Poland Team NEWSLETTER | ISSUE XIV | DECEMBER 2019 NEWS | 3 Mercedes-Benz factory in Jawor takes three awards in the Factory of the Year competition In the eighth edition of the competition, the Factory of the Year, organized by magazines, Engineering The highest quality and Control Engineering Poland, the Mercedes-Benz confirmed! engine and battery factories in Jawor won in three categories: Innovative Factory, The Best Factory in the Automotive Industry and in the Green Factory Tests PT1 and PT2 have been completed - a very category (ex aequo with Famed Żywiec Factory). The important stage in the engine production process. The Factory of the Year competition promotes produc- tests take place under the supervision of auditors and tion plants that are leaders in introducing the most their purpose is to confirm the quality and compliance Merry Christmas modern solutions and technologies in Poland, in of the production process. In addition to auditors, areas such as: production automation, maintenance, observers were also present during the test - MBMPL IT systems supporting production, Industry 4.0 and employees supported this role. Their task was to find and Happy New Year ecology. possible improvements during testing. Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Poland Team 4 | OUR TEAM MERCEDES-BENZ MANUFACTURING POLAND 413 64% 232 36% 34,5 average age 645 Employment - December 2019 The factory team is still growing! More than 645 people already work in the Mer- cedes-Benz Manufacturing Poland Motor and Electric Battery Factory in Jawor. Recruitment is still in progress! Current announcements on the website: www.mercedes-benz-jawor.com.pl/en/career NEWSLETTER | ISSUE XIV | DECEMBER 2019 OUR INTERVIEW | 5 Battery production as early as next year As part of the electromobility offensive, Mercedes-Benz Cars is building an electric battery factory in Jawor. The Polish production plant will be one of nine factories in the Daimler global production network. Helmi Marzouk, Project Manager, talks about the newly built factory. Why does Daimler need a new battery factory? And when will production start? According to the announced strategy, by 2022 Daim- At the beginning of the year, machinery and equip- ler will electrify the entire Mercedes-Benz passenger ment will start arriving at the battery factory. We plan car portfolio, introducing different versions of electric for everything to come together in April. In June we vehicles in each class. These will include at least ten will conduct a second production test for the first fully electric cars. Batteries for these vehicles, both production line. If everything goes well, we will start hybrid and purely electric, will be produced at the fac- production. tory in Jawor. Thus, the plant will become an important How many people will find employment in the part of the global electric battery production network. new factory? In what positions? Why did the company choose Jawor as a factory Initially, we communicated that about 300 people location? would find employment in the new factory. Now we The battery factory in Jawor is Mercedes’s second know that we will need 400 people. We are looking for investment in this location. The experience related both managers and production staff. to the construction of the first plant showed that the What are the biggest challenges facing the facto- choice of Lower Silesia was a very good decision. The ry right now? construction of the battery factory is a continuation of this success. We are very pleased with the develop- I think that apart from completing construction works ment of cooperation within the region, local govern- and successfully carrying out production tests, the ment authorities as well as our Polish colleagues. biggest challenge is recruitment. We want to find qual- ified people with a Mercedes-Benz vision and value to At what stage is the construction? match. Fortunately, our experience shows that there are many motivated and willing people to work in the We are in the final phase of construction works. region. We plan to finish the west wing of the building in December. Thank you for this insightful conversation. 6 | A YEAR FULL OF CHALLENGES MERCEDES-BENZ MANUFACTURING POLAND A Year Full of Challenges Let’s live this one more time! Here is a summary of the most important events of the past year February from the life of the Jawor Girls GO are planning their own business factory. The first workshop of the second edition of Girls GO Technology. The topic of the meeting was the art of planning with your head. The participants got to know January concepts such as design thinking, business models, personas, pitch and value propositions. It was full Daimler’s second factory in Jawor of good ideas for setting up your own business. Mercedes-Benz Cars officially announced that it will During the session, the girls, divided into smaller build a battery factory for electric cars in Jawor, which groups, came up with and planned their projects, on employs over 300 people. Production will start in an ongoing basis solved emerging problems using 2020, and the plant will be supplied with renewable, previously known industry processes and tools. Now carbon-neutral energy. the girls know “How to plan wisely”. NEWSLETTER | ISSUE XIV | DECEMBER 2019 A YEAR FULL OF CHALLENGES | 7 March Daimler Street in Jawor What connects Warsaw, Sosnowiec, Prague, Komorniki, two cities in California and Jawor? Shared street names! On March 7, a ceremonial opening of Gottlieb Daimler Street took place in Jawor. One of the sections of the fully rebuilt Cukrownicza street is named after the genius designer and engineer. MBMPL activates female energy in the region Nearly 300 women took part in the Open Day for Women, which was organized on March 8 by Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Poland in Legnica. The event program was designed so that participants could look at their competences and skills from a broader perspective, see that motoring is a very feminine industry and talk about job opportunities at the newly built Mercedes-Benz engine factory in Jawor. Order of Merit for Mercedes Manager in Poland The President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, awarded Dr. Ewa Łabno-Falęcka with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The award ceremony took place in March at the Residence of the German Ambassador in Warsaw. 8 | A YEAR FULL OF CHALLENGES MERCEDES-BENZ MANUFACTURING POLAND April Annual meeting with local entrepreneurs How are the works progressing at the construction of the Mercedes engine factory in Jawor? What will be the next stages of the investment? These and many other questions were answered by representatives of Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Poland during the annual meeting with local entrepreneurs, which took place on April 12 at the Bertha Benz Hall at the Regional Museum in Jawor. Ecologically Jawor On April 12, the final of the Eco Star Competition 2019/Jawor edition took place at the Regional Museum in Jawor. The winners of the second edition of the Jawor Eco Competition were students from the Technical and General Secondary School Complex in Legnica: Karolina Maślej and Damian Mejor, who, under the care of Mrs. Grażyna Maciak, prepared a film entitled „Breath of the future”. The main prize was a weekend trip to the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart. May On May 31, the Mercedes branded logo was installed on the roof of the Mercedes factory, and now also Jawor - the three-pointed star. The logo appeared on cars produced by Daimler in 1902, over 117 years ago. NEWSLETTER | ISSUE XIV | DECEMBER 2019 A YEAR FULL OF CHALLENGES | 9 June The second edition of Girls GO Technology is behind us 16 participants, 6 months, 5 thematic workshops - the second edition of the “Girls GO Technology” project initiated by MBMPL has come to an end. On June 6, at the Regional Museum in Jawor, participants, i.e. students of two schools: the Regional Centre for Vocational and Continuing Education in Jawor and from the School and Facility Complex in Bolków received certificates of completion of the program. The battery factory has come out of its foundations Just six months since the announcement of the decision on the second Mercedes investment in Poland - the electric battery factory in Jawor - at the end of June, the first structural elements, i.e. supports for the production and assembly hall, were erected at the construction site. July Quality first! On July 23, the Quality Pavilion was opened at the factory in Jawor. Peter Bleyhl - Director Quality Management Powertrain Daimler AG took part in the ceremony. The pavilion is a modern, digital training centre that is designed to make employees aware of the importance of the quality of its products to Mercedes. 10 | A YEAR FULL OF CHALLENGES MERCEDES-BENZ MANUFACTURING POLAND August Joint celebration For the third time MBMPL was present at the Bread and Gingerbread Festival - one of the most important events in Jawor. From August 23-25, guests were offered gingerbread and Bavarian pretzels at the company’s booth. Visitors also had the opportunity to participate in the brand knowledge competition. September Mechatronics to start! On September 2, 30 students started their first-class education in the mechatronics specialty at the Regional Centre for Vocational and Continuing Education in Jawor. The class is sponsored by MBMPL. At the ceremonial opening of the class, in addition to students, teachers and school management, self-government authorities and representatives of MBMPL appeared.