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May 2012
Hydraulic concentric slave
cylinders from
TEXSPIN
The BharatBenz range of trucks comes with hydraulic concentric
slave cylinders (CSCs) from Texspin. Texspin offers CSCs in attrac-
tive and adoptable materials including metal and plastic. The com-
pany provides cutting-edge technology for customised and innovative
solutions. Hydraulic concentric slave cylinder is single piece unitized
assembly that can be easily mounted inside transmission housings.
is primarily Indian and has stead-
ily increased to include more than
1,400 employees today.” Llistosella
added, “Our focus on localization
has resulted in more than 40 per cent
of our suppliers being located within
a 40-kilometer radius of the plant.
Overall our BharatBenz trucks will
Tyres from
JK TYRE
JK Tyre & Industries Ltd., India’s third leading tyre manufacturer, has bagged
orders from Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) to supply tyres for its
BharatBenz range of trucks. “The latest original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
client for us is Daimler India that will be rolling out trucks at its plant here,” said
Mr. Raghupati Singhania, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, JK Tyre. The
DICV order will be met by JK Tyre’s Rs. 972-crore plant in Chennai.
have a localization rate of 85 per
cent in India.”
DICV co-operates with over 450
suppliers, who were selected after
stringent quality and due diligence
tests. In cooperation with local car
and commercial vehicle dealers,
DICV has built up a nationwide
retail network that will encompass
around 70 locations by the end of
2012. The retail network will be ex-
panded to more than 100 dealerships
by 2014. The Daimler subsidiary
Daimler Financial Services will of-
fer financing and insurance products
for dealers and customers in support
vehicle zone
The Daimler senior management team at the flagging off of the BharatBenz Power Yatra