The 250 guests who could enter the plant in Kecskemét on the Night of Museums were brought from the center of the city by buses. In spite of the fact that it was not a conventional plant visit to also cover production areas, many people were interested in the event. Guest could travel around the plant site by bus and then entered the central administration building to see the exhibited models and watch the Mercedes-Benz movies.

"A poster drawing competition was announced in Kecskemét with the title “Safety on the way to School” by Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Kft. and the Institute for Transport Research.
The objective of the competition was for elementary school pupils in Kecskemét to create posters about the importance of safe traffic in A3 Size, by any chosen technique. 141 works were received by the end of the contest period. The evaluating committee was considering aspects of how the posters reflected what the pupils learned, if they were capable of drawing the viewers’ attention and creative, or whether the pupils worked in teams when making them."

Colleagues of Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Kft., of the Kecskemét Town Developing Ltd., and of the Kecskemét Town Hall worked together for a cleaner environmental outside Kecskemét. Plant director Mr. Thomas Geier and Mayoress Klaudia Szemereyné Pataki supported the campaign with their exemplary contribution to the event. From among the teams in the region the team reinforced by Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Kft. workers “won” the first place with 150 bags of collected waste.

In addition to the Kecskemét Basketball Academy and the Kecskemét Football Academy sponsored since 2013 the Mercedes-Benz plant recently became the name-giving sponsor to the Kecskemét Association of the Disabled. “For the third anniversary of our plant, with the three models manufactured, the number of the associations that we support is now three, so, from this time on, we can contribute to the future success of sports talents like Mr. Péter Boronkay, who is a multiple para-triathlon world champion", said technical director of the plant, Mr. Matthias Buchmüller to the press at the event.

Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Kft. was chosen the most attractive employer in 2015. The Randstad Prize is handed every year to the most attractive employers in 23 countries of the world. The study reveals the importance of “the brand of an employer” and why people choose certain professions and employers. On April 23rd, the Mercedes-Benz plant was put to the test as one among the 75 largest employers of Hungary. The majority of the 7,000 Hungarian employees that were asked voted for the plant in Kecskemét, as 67.58% of them held the opinion that Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Kft. is exemplary in providing stable work opportunities.

After the foundation stone laying in November 2014, the Topping-out ceremony was quickly there to be celebrated at the Mercedes-Benz plant in the presence of the media. The milestone means that the tallest part of the building was built. The nursery school and kindergarten will receive the kids of Hungarian employees from September – but of course, a lot is still to be done before the autumn opening. The institute that is built from European Union funds in the worth of HUF 250 million will have the capacity to receive approximately 60 children.

"Mercedes-Benz joined the program in 2012 and has been fully sponsoring it from preparations until the post-event works, including the working out of educational materials, printing costs of worksheets, training of mentors and teachers, preparation of posts, purchasing of gifts, the organization of the events and so on.

The “Moki” (MobileKids) program was launched in elementary schools in Kecskemét on 2nd, February, in the form of 3 times 45-minute-long classes. First and second-grade pupils learn about rules of pedestrian traffic and do training on what to do and how to react in a dangerous situation. With the help of situational games, children get the live and personal experience of how to prevent accidents. In the third and fourth grade, kids learn how to independently take part in traffic with their bikes or by means of public transportation. Until the end of April, a post-drawing competition takes place for children in the topic of traffic safety."

The start of production of the Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake was officially celebrated with the press attending the event in the assembly shop of the Mercedes-Benz plant. Plant director Mr. Thomas Geier welcomed special guests at the occasion: among those in attendance were Hungarian Prime Minister Mr. Viktor Orbán, Member of the Divisional Board of Mercedes-Benz Cars Mr. Markus Schäfer, as well as members of the economic and political life in Hungary. The occasion was the launch of production of the Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake, which is, after the CLA, the second model made only and exclusively in the Kecskemét-based plant. In the life of the factory in Kecskemét, the beginning of the serial production of the CLA Shooting Brake is a very important milestone. Working in Mercedes-Benz’s global production network, the plant contributes to a great extent to the company’s growth. The first car of the third model “Made in Kecskemét” is again offered for charity purposes, just like the two first B-Class and CLA cars were. The “Job No.1 Car” will be sold by auction and the acquired money will be donated as supporting funds for the International Children’s Safety Service.

The 250,000th car rolled off the assembly line today. The polar silver, right-hand drive Mercedes-Benz CLA AMG will be delivered to an owner in Japan. With the B-Class and CLA models manufactured here, the plant in Kecskemét contributes to a great extent to the success of the Mercedes-Benz premium compact car segment. The CLA is a model that is manufactured exclusively in Kecskemét for the entire world market. This model is especially popular in its most important market, in the United States: every fourth CLA is driven by an American customer. The plants in Kecskemét and Rastatt produce Mercedes-Benz compact cars in a flexible production network. The high-degree flexibility is made possible by the identical structure of new compact cars, so all of the models can be produced in variable order and numbers in both factories. Due to the fact that models can be manufactured in more than one plant, the individual factories can be relieved from tension and the necessary quantities can be achieved with a distribution in the production within the network – in accordance with the actual market demands for a certain model. Both plants work in three shifts.

Less than ten months after the opening of Mercedes-Benz’s newest plant in Kecskemét a new milestone was reached in the company’s history: with the official production launch of the Mercedes-Benz CLA – following that of the B-Class – the very first car of the model made only and exclusively in Kecskemét left the production line. Managing Director of Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Kft. Mr. Frank Klein welcomed prestigious guests at the plant: Hungarian Prime Minister Mr. Viktor Orbán and Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars Division Dr. Dieter Zetsche attended the event. The Kecskemét plant achieved the goal set for the past year and produced more than 40.000 cars, thus contributing to the best year ever in the sales of the B-Class model. The first Mercedes-Benz CLA “Made in Kecskemét” car, similarly to the first B-Class made here, was again offered for charity purpose, the total amount acquired from the event will be transferred for the International Children’s Safety Service to support their work.