PR2012 May 3

Shelton State Community College to Receive Two Mercedes-Benz Sport Utility Vehicles

• Mercedes-Benz and Shelton State Partners in Education

• Vehicles Delivery on Shelton State Campus - Monday, May 7 at 2 p.m.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA – Education partners Mercedes-Benz U.S. International (MBUSI) and Shelton State Community College are helping to ensure a future workforce in automotives with the new Industrial Mechatronics Program. To help students participating in the program learn some of the technical complexities in today’s vehicles, MBUSI is donating two vehicles to Shelton State for training purposes.

 MBUSI will donate two sport utility vehicles to Shelton State for their automotive training program - a 2006 R500 and a 2011 GL350 diesel to help students become better prepared for careers in the automotive industry.

 “We are very grateful to Mercedes-Benz U. S. International (MBUSI) for their generous vehicle donation to Shelton State.  These vehicles will further enhance the Mercedes-Benz/Shelton State Mechatronics training program partnership which is affording our students educational and employment opportunities. Mercedes-Benz commitment to our community mirrors that of Shelton State – to provide high-quality employment training for all of West Alabama, filling current workforce needs, and preparing students for the future.” said Dr. Mark Heinrich, Shelton State Community College President.

MBUSI and Shelton State representatives will be on hand for a brief program and vehicle delivery on Monday, May 7th at 2:00 p.m. on the Shelton State campus.

Recently, MBUSI donated training vehicles to two other schools. Bell Brown Career Technical Center in Livingston and Tuscaloosa Center for Technology each received two vehicles for use in their automotive programs.

About MBUSI

The Tuscaloosa plant was founded in 1995 and started production in 1997. The Mercedes-Benz M-Class was the first product and has been built ever since the start of production in 1997, later joined by the SUVs of the GL- and R-Class. In 2011, the plant produced more than 148,000 vehicles and employed more than 2,800 team members at the end of the year. As of 2014, the Tuscaloosa plant will be one of the four global production locations of the successor generation of the current Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and will build these vehicles for the North American market. The plant also will begin building a fifth model in 2015.