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MOTORINDIA
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May 2012
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The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms.
J. Jayalalithaa, inaugurated the new
state-of-the-art production plant of
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles
Pvt. Ltd. (DICV), a wholly-owned sub-
sidiary of Daimler AG at Oragadam,
near Chennai on April 18. The plant
covering an area of 400 acres is
equipped with a modern integrated
R&D development center and a state-
of-the-art test track. This is one of
only three Daimler truck plants world-
wide to combine truck assembly and
components production at one loca-
tion.
The total investment of DICV is Rs. 4,400 crores, including
the manufacturing facility for BharatBenz brand trucks as well as
research and development. Commencement of production of the
BharatBenz heavy-duty trucks is scheduled for the third quarter
of 2012.
Another highlight of the day was the flagging off of the Bharat-
Benz Power Yatra by Mr. Andreas Renschler, Daimler Board of
Management member responsible for Daimler Trucks and Daim-
ler Buses, together with Mr. Marc Llistosella, CEO and MD of
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), in the presence of
Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management Daim-
vehicle zone