Daimler to begin assembling Mercedes trucks in Senegal this year
Senegal government providing tax incentives for company
Daimler Truck Holding AG plans to establish an assembly plant in Senegal, with production of Mercedes-Benz trucks scheduled to begin next year.
It will assemble the vehicles in a partnership with the Senegalese government using components supplied from abroad by Daimler, the company said in a statement on its website. The Ministry of Defense, police, fire brigades and private-sector clients will use the trucks.
A joint venture between Senegal and Global Truck Systems will oversee operations, and it’s expected to start producing the first prototypes later this year, with series production in 2026, a spokesman for Daimler said.
The government is providing land, tax incentives and worker training, according to the statement.
The factory in Senegal will allow for the “transfer of technological competences,” Michael Dietz, head of Daimler Truck Middle East and Africa, said in the statement, with vehicles manufactured in Germany being disassembled into their individual components and then shipped to the West African nation for reassembly.
