Daimler's Mercedes-Benz regained global premium-car leadership last year by outselling BMW for the first time since 2005, a feat it wouldn't have achieved without all its factories running at full capacity. Production chief Markus Schaefer makes sure Mercedes's output keeps pace with record demand. He spoke about the company's production expansion plans with Automotive News Europe Correspondent Christiaan Hetzner and Michael Gerster, a reporter with ANE sister publication Automobilwoche.