Expanded involvement in South Africa

Date:
8 March 1966
Description:
Daimler-Benz takes a 26.7 % holding in United Car and Diesel Distributors (Pty.) Ltd. (UCCD) in Pretoria, South Africa. Among the products assembled by the long-standing Daimler-Benz general distributor for South Africa – through its wholly-owned subsidiary Car Distributors Assembly Ltd. (CDA) in East London – are Mercedes-Benz vehicles (from CKD parts kits).

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Daimler-Benz takes a 26.7 % holding in United Car and Diesel Distributors (Pty.) Ltd. (UCCD) in Pretoria, South Africa. Among the products assembled by the long-standing Daimler-Benz general distributor for South Africa – through its wholly-owned subsidiary Car Distributors Assembly Ltd. (CDA) in East London – are Mercedes-Benz vehicles (from CKD parts kits).
Signing of the UCCD contract (Mr Göbner and Mr Verrmoten)

Factory in East London, South Africa
The long-standing Daimler-Benz general agency for South Africa produces, among other things, Mercedes Benz vehicles from CKD parts sets through its wholly owned subsidiary "Car Distributors Assembly Ltd." (CDA) in East London, aerial photograph, ca. 1966