Mercedes-Benz increases its production

German carmaker Mercedes-Benz plans to invest 1.2 billion euros in its Vitoria plant in northern Spain after workers backed a new labor contract, the UGT and CCOO unions in Spain announced Tuesday.

ISNA The unions said in separate statements that about 57 percent of the plant’s roughly 5,000 workers voted in favor of a deal that would define working conditions and pay increases through 2026 and allow the automaker to produce new models and vehicles. invest in electricity.

The company has said it expects to assemble 158,000 vehicles at Vitoria, its second van assembly plant, by 2022 and plans to ramp up production in the coming years.