Pursuits
Daimler’s Bernhard Trades Tomahawk for Factory Lines
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Wolfgang Bernhard, production chief at Mercedes-Benz, has made four trips to central Hungary since rejoining the Daimler AG management board a year ago. His career depends on a factory being built on the region’s sandy soil.
The 800 million-euro ($1.1 billion) plant near the city of Kecskemet has received special attention from Bernhard, regarded by analysts as the most likely successor to Chief Executive Officer Dieter Zetsche, because it’s the location where Daimler plans to build two compact cars.