smart Hambach Plant,
smart France S.A.S.

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Overview

Location

smart France S.A.S.
Europôle de Sarreguemines
F-57913 Hambach
France

Phone

+33 387 2820-00

Fax

+33 387 2820-01

Production

smart fortwo

The smart plant in the French town of Hambach (also known as smartville) began production in 1997. The plant's cross-shaped assembly line is ideally suited to the needs of logistics and assembly operations and provides an efficient arrangement for production processes. System partners supply modules, some prefabricated, directly to the assembly line. This in effect reduces transport and logistics requirements to a minimum. But that is not the only reason Hambach is known for environmentally friendly production: the facility also supports the environmentally responsible nature of smart products through its economical and environmentally friendly painting processes, an energy management concept featuring numerous energysaving measures, and the environmentally compatible design of the vehicles themselves.

Facts & figures (as of 12/31/2008)

Plant area

732,000 square meters

Built-on plant area

138,400 square meters

Number of employees (on site / from MBC)

824

Plant founded

1997

Annual production

139,962

Plant highlights, past and present

1997

Inauguration of the smart plant in Hambach

1998

Production of the first smart fortwo

2000

Market launch of the smart fortwo cabriolet

2003

The 500,000th smart fortwo rolls off the assembly line

2007

Production launch of the second-generation smart fortwo

2008

One millionth smart fortwo produced on the tenth anniversary of the product launch