HALBERSTADT (dpa-AFX) - In the future, vehicle dealers in more than 170 countries will be supplied with spare parts for Mecedes-Benz trucks from Halberstadt (Harz district). Construction of the new logistics site is to begin this year, truck manufacturer Daimler Truck announced in Halberstadt on Friday. About three years later, it should be possible to deliver up to 300,000 items from the smallest screw to finished truck cabs to nearly 3,000 dealers worldwide from the Global Parts Center.

According to the company, the investment sum is in the mid three-digit million range. Up to 450 qualified jobs are to be created in Halberstadt, and in the long term this figure could rise to 600, the company said. According to Daimler Truck, the company is the world's largest manufacturer of trucks and buses. Around 500,000 trucks are sold per year./dh/DP/jha