Mercedes investment still fans Alabama industry

VANCE, Ala. — Jason Hoff has been CEO of Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc. since 2013, when he was promoted to the position from Daimler's purchasing operations in Germany. The Oregon native previously worked at the Alabama manufacturing company starting in 1994, a year after graduating from college, when it was still a comparatively modest $600 million construction project, working in finance, production, engineering and logistics.