Official opening of Factory 56 and start of production of the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class : With its Factory 56, Mercedes-Benz is presenting the future of production - Mercedes-Benz Group Media - Flexible, digital, efficient and sustainable: Factory 56 at the Sindelfingen plant embodies the future of production at Mercedes-Benz and sets new standards for the automotive industry. Jörg Burzer, member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG for Production and Supply Chain: "Factory 56 is our world's most modern automotive production facility – flexible, digital, efficient and sustainable. Everything here places people at the centre of things. It is already making the Mercedes-Benz factory of the future a reality. Thanks to our comprehensive, digital ecosystem MO360, we are making production processes in Factory 56 even more transparent and setting milestones in digital production. With Factory 56, Mercedes-Benz is showing how the sustainable and efficient automotive production of tomorrow and the day after will proceed. We will gradually transfer the findings we obtain here to our worldwide plants. The potential is enormous."