Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (DICV), a 100 per cent wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, exported on June 18 the first lot of 64 FUSO trucks manufactured at its Oragadam plant to Sri Lanka as part of its commitment to export to different countries in Asia and Africa.
On May 23 last, DICV, along with Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, another entity of Daimler Trucks based in Japan, launched the new FUSO range of trucks at the Oragadam plant.
Mr. Marc Llistosella, Managing Director & CEO, DICV, said: “The export of the first FUSO trucks to Sri Lanka is a realisation of our promise to export from DICV, Chennai. The quality standards at our state-of-the-art plant in Chennai, combined with the quality of parts from Indian suppliers, has made this possible. Going forward, more trucks will be exported to other Asian and African markets.”
The FUSO trucks range manufactured at the Oragadam plant comprise five models spanning medium/heavy duty (25-49 tonnes referred to as ‘FJ’, ‘FO’ and ‘FZ’) and light/medium-duty (9-16 tonnes referred to as ‘FA’ & ‘FI’).
