Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), a 100 per cent subsidiary of Daimler AG, is celebrating its first production anniversary: The 5,000th truck of the BharatBenz brand has just rolled off the assembly line in Chennai. The anniversary truck is a heavy-duty BharatBenz 2523C construction truck with 25 tons gross vehicle weight and an output of 230 hp. It was rolled out in the presence of Sven Graeble, Vice President – Operations and Manufacturing Engineering, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, and P. Sriram, General Manager – Production, Daimler India Commercial Vehicle. The company launched the series production of BharatBenz trucks with this model in June 2012.
“From the start of production and the market launch of our medium-duty and heavy-duty models to the first industry awards we have achieved a great deal”, says Marc Llistosella, Managing Director and CEO of DICV. “However, we continue to set our sights on more. We will consistently expand our dealer network and product portfolio and will be offering a total of 17 models under the BharatBenz brand by 2014.”
DICV is stabilizing its production line of all its launched models. Currently, it produces the 2523, 3123, 2528, 914, 1214 and 1217 heavy, medium/light-duty rigid & tipper trucks, with several variants.