Mercedes-Benz Wörth plant celebrates 60 years of truck production
By Luke Willetts - 20th August 2025
Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth in 1965
Germany – The Mercedes-Benz Group AG*, an automotive corporation based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg is marking 60 years since the first complete vehicle was built at its Wörth am Rhein plant. That truck, a green LP 608, rolled off the line in July 1965, transforming the site from a cab-only facility into Daimler’s central truck assembly hub.
Opened in October 1963, the plant quickly expanded to full vehicle production and has since manufactured over 4.4 million trucks. Wörth now produces key models such as the Actros, Arocs, and Atego, and has also embraced electrification, with battery-electric models like the eActros and eEconic now in production.
