The company will build the plant on a 100,000 sqm plot next to Daimlerʼs base in Kecskemét by 2017. It will supply bumpers for Mercedes models from 2018. The plant will employ 400-500 people. SMG said in April that the order would be worth around €2.2 bln over its lifetime.
SMG has been present in Hungary since 2009. It makes rearview mirrors at a plant in Mosonszolnok, has a logistics base in Hegyeshalom, and a second plant in Mosonmagyaróvár, all in the west of the country. SMG employs 1,600 people in Hungary.