20,000th truck rolls off assembly line only two and a half years after start of production
Erich Nesselhauf, CEO and Managing Director of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV): “By crossing the production mark of 20,000 trucks, we achieved the next milestone of our DICV success story.”
Production milestone at Daimler Trucks in India: Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (DICV) yesterday crossed the milestone of 20,000th locally produced BharatBenz and FUSO trucks from its plant in Chennai, South-West India. The wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG achieved this production mark only two and a half years after start of production of the first BharatBenz heavy-duty truck. The anniversary truck is a BharatBenz 2523C tipper.
About half of the 20,000 locally produced vehicles have been manufactured just within 2014, highlighting the rapid growth that the production site has recently experienced.
“By crossing the production mark of 20,000 trucks, we achieved the next milestone of our DICV success story”, stated Erich Nesselhauf, CEO and Managing Director, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles. “We have transformed the Indian truck industry with our modern trucks. That’s confirmed by our customers and proven by a high acceptance in the market due to excellent Quality of our products as well as best Sales and After Sales experiences.”
