Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (DICV), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, crossed the milestone of the 20,000th locally produced trucks from its plant at Oragadam on December 18.
Only 2½ years, after start of production of the first BharatBenz heavy-duty truck, the 20,000th locally produced truck, a BharatBenz 2523C tipper, rolled off the production lines at the DICVs plant at Oragadam. About half of these 20,000 trucks 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 Mr. 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.”
“20,000 trucks made at the Oragadam plant according to our Daimler top quality standards is something that our production team can rightly be proud of”, added Mr. Sven Graeble, Head of Operations and Manufacturing Engineering, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles.
DICV signs MoU with Karur Vysya Bank Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (DICV), the 100 per cent wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Karur Vysya Bank (KVB) to provide commercial vehicle financing packages to customers across the country. Apart from Daimler’s own captive financing brand, BharathBenz Financial, KVB becomes a key financing partner for BharatBenz along with others, adding substantial choice and value for customers. The agreement was signed by Mr. M. Balachandran, General Manager and Group Head – Commercial Banking Group of KVB, and Mr. Arghadip Roy, Assistant General Manager and National Head – Retail and Channel Finance, and Mr. T.D Jayakar, Senior Manager, Retail and Channel Finance of DICV. |
Top management-level changes at DICV & MFTBC Dr. Albert Kirchmann, currently Head of Daimler Trucks Asia, will become Chairman of Daimler Trucks Asia as of April 1, 2015. In this position, he will consult and support the company’s strategic development and will continue to represent Daimler on the political level as well as in industry associations in Japan. Working in the company since 1984, he has held various leadership positions in areas like planning, controlling and strategy over many years. He assumed his current position in June 2009. Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard, Member of the Daimler Board of Management with responsibility for Daimler Trucks & Buses, said: “I would like to thank Albert Kirchmann for his extraordinary personal dedication, bringing Daimler Trucks in Asia a major step forward. His growth strategy ‘Fuso 2015’ has sustainably strengthened MFTBC’s competitiveness and has set up a Fuso model range that fits extremely well with our customers in Japan and in our export markets. Under his leadership, our Asia business has successfully grown together under the roof of Daimler Trucks Asia”.  Mr. Llistosella has been leading DICV right from the planning phase as a greenfield project. He built the organization and the plant and led the development of a whole new product range under the brand BharatBenz for the Indian market as well as Fuso trucks for markets in Asia and Africa. Under his leadership the company has become a fully established player in the Indian CV market. In his current function he leads all Marketing, Sales & Aftersales-related areas of Daimler Trucks Asia and oversees DICV’s Indian operations by bringing his deep understanding of the Asian truck industry. His successor at DICV Erich Nesselhauf remains CEO and Managing Director of DICV and continues to report directly to Mr. Marc Llistosella also in the new role. “Within a very short time, Marc Llistosella has firmly established the BharatBenz brand in the Indian commercial vehicle industry. Developing a tailored product portfolio, he proved that he understands the customers’ demands very well. Along with Albert Kirchmann, he is one of the architects of Daimler Trucks Asia”, Dr. Bernhard said.  Mr. Michael Kamper, currently Managing Director, Trucks at Mercedes-Benz UK, will become new Head of Marketing, Sales & Customer Services Trucks Asia as of March 1. In the company since 1995, he has proved his expertise in truck business.
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