Daimler India Commercial Vehicles crosses export milestone of 5,000 vehicles

Just about three years since it began exports, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) has driven past the 5,000 units export milestone.

The company says volumes have been steadily growing as have the number of markets which currently include over 20 countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. More than 10 markets will be added this year as the CV maker has made a foray into Kuwait and Peru.

Commenting on DICV’s export milestone, Marc Llistosella, president and CEO of MFTBC and head of Daimler Trucks Asia, said: “We are systematically developing Daimler Trucks Asia’s Fuso brand business in key growth regions across the globe. Our new robust Fuso range of vehicles, built at our Indian plant, plays a major role in this effort.”

The new Fuso range of vehicles currently features four medium-duty (9-16 tonnes) trucks and 12 heavy-duty (16-49 tonnes) trucks, which are developed and rigorously tested to meet the diverse requirements of the target markets.

Erich Nesselhauf, MD and CEO, DICV, said: “Our successful domestic BharatBenz business is one pillar of DICV’s strategic role, exports of vehicles and production material is another. We are proud of 5,000 trucks produced for Fuso and more than nine million parts exported to other units within Daimler Trucks worldwide – these are the kind of success stories which underline the potential of ‘Make in India’.”

Beyond completely built trucks and parts, DICV has already exported several hundred bus chassis produced at its bus plant, located next to the truck plant on the premises of DICV’s manufacturing complex in Oragadam near Chennai. The company has also been supplying vehicle kits to Kenya for local assembly by a Fuso partner since March 2016; starting with one 25-tonne truck model, further vehicles from the new Fuso range will be added subsequently.

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