DICV touches 5,000 units of exports
The Dollar Business Bureau Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, which began export services three years back, have achieved a milestone by exporting 5,000 units. The volume of exports has been growing at a fast pace, said the company. DICV currently caters export services to 20 Asian countries, Middle-East, Africa and Latin America. After entering Kuwait and Peru markets, the company plans to expand its services and reach out to 10 new markets by 2016. Marc Llistosella, President and CEO of MFTBC and head of Daimler Trucks Asia, stated that systematic development of Daimler Trucks Fuso brand in main regions for growth is underway. The new Fuso range, manufactured at the Indian facility, plays a significant role in systematic development process The new range of vehicles under Fuso brand ...
Daimler raises solar power capacity at Chennai plant
The Dollar Business Bureau Germany-based auto maker Daimler has enhanced the solar power capacity at its plant in Chennai to the next level that would meet the “one-fourth of the regular daytime power" requirement for the plant. "Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), the fully-owned arm of Daimler AG, has increased its solar power capacity at the manufacturing unit in Oragadam near Chennai to its next level,” a company release said. “After the completion of a key addition to the prevailing photovoltaic installations, the total technical capacity increased to 3.3 MW from 0.8 MW,” it added. The additional solar energy field, set up on earlier idle expanses of land within the facility’s highly advanced test track zone for commercial vehicle, comprises more than 10,000 polycrystalline ...
Mercedes Benz buses: With love from India
Shivani Kapoor | The Dollar Business (From Left to Right: Marc Llistosella, Head of Daimler Trucks Asia, Markus Villinger, Managing Director Daimler Buses India and Erich Nesselhauf, Managing Director and CEO, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles) during the inauguration of DICV bus manufacturing plant. (Photo Source: www.daimler-indiacv.com) Looks like the ‘Make in India’ heat is truly on. The effect has now started showing on the lot of global commercial vehicle (CV) makers in India. India is fast emerging as an export-manufacturing hotspot for this camp of capitalists; and at a time when the Modi-led government is inviting foreign players to make, bake and take from the country. The latest announcement of Daimler AG (on May 28, 2015), the world’s largest truck manufacturer, ...
