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Mittwoch, 11.Januar 2012Networked access to information everywhere and at all times has become an indispensable part of daily life. That also goes for the time one spends in the car.
And so consumer electronics and the automobile have become more and more tightly interlinked in recent years, because the objective of the two respective industries was and [...]
Daimler and Nissan to produce engines together in North America
Sonntag, 8.Januar 2012In the latest step forward in the collaboration of Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance, Nissan’s Decherd, Tenn., plant will build Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder engines for Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz starting in 2014.
Daimler and Nissan will produce Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder gasoline engines together at Nissan’s powertrain assembly plant in Decherd, Tenn. Production will begin in 2014, with installed capacity [...]
Mercedes-Benz Cars Reach All-Time High with Sales of 1,362,908 Units in 2011
Freitag, 6.Januar 2012In 2011 Mercedes-Benz Cars sold more vehicles than ever before in a single year. A total of 1,362,908 vehicles of the brands Mercedes-Benz, smart and Maybach have been delivered to customers – around 77,000 units more than in the previous record set in 2007 (1,285,900 units).
2011 was also the best sales year in the history [...]
Daimler corporate archive: Preserving one’s own history
Mittwoch, 21.Dezember 2011The foundation of a corporate archive in 1936 was a necessary step for the then Daimler-Benz AG. The timing was chosen for its symbolic significance – exactly 50 years after the invention of the automobile. The aim was to preserve this half-century using the documentary records and lay the groundwork for collecting these kinds of [...]
Daimler and AKKA Technologies create a new leading European engineering consultancy
Freitag, 9.Dezember 2011Daimler AG and AKKA Technologies S.A. will jointly manage the MBtech Group, an internationally leading engineering and consulting company based in Sindelfingen, in the future.
The details are specified in an agreement signed by Daimler and AKKA Technologies on December 7, 2011. Subject to the approval of the antitrust authorities, AKKA Technologies will acquire a [...]
Daimler Financial Services Expects Burst of Growth
Sonntag, 4.Dezember 2011Daimler Financial Services expects 2011 to be a record year and believes it will grow substantially in the years ahead. The EBIT of Daimler’s financial services division rose to €998 million in the first nine months of 2011.
Also the fourth quarter result is expected to be significantly higher than in the same period of [...]
Daimler Invests more than EUR 1.5 Billion at its Main Mercedes-Benz Powertrain Plant in Germany
Freitag, 25.November 2011In view of numerous production start-ups for new vehicles and a positive demand picture, Daimler is investing several hundred million euros in 2011 and 2012 respectively in its main Mercedes-Benz powertrain plant in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim.
In all, more than 1.5 billion euros are to be invested in the extension and conversion of various parts of the [...]
Joint venture between Daimler and BYD to reveal Design Concept Car at Auto China 2012 in Beijing
Dienstag, 22.November 2011The 50:50 R&D Joint Venture between Daimler AG and BYD Company Limited, Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology Co. Ltd. (BDNT), is going to show a Design Concept of the future joint venture electric vehicle to the public for the first time during next year’s Auto China in Beijing.
In April 2012, BDNT will be present at [...]
The memory of Daimler AG
Montag, 14.November 2011Building on our heritage, and innovation builds on tradition. Mercedes-Benz Classic embraces these values in a very special way through its Archives and Collection department.
The archive, one of the largest business archives anywhere in Europe and undoubtedly the most complete in the automotive industry, provides a documentary record of the outstanding history of the [...]
Daimler and BAIC sign Letter of Intent to further deepen Strategic Partnership
Donnerstag, 3.November 2011Daimler AG and its Chinese partner Beijing Automotive Group Co., Ltd. (BAIC) today signed a Letter of Intent in Stuttgart, which will further deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership between these two companies.
The Letter of Intent was signed by Xu Heyi, Chairman of BAIC, Han Yonggui, President of BAIC, Prof. Dr. Thomas Weber, Head of Group [...]
Daimler remains on course: very successful third quarter, Group EBIT from ongoing business of €2,110 million
Donnerstag, 27.Oktober 2011Daimler AG (stock-exchange symbol DAI) continued its successful course in the third quarter of 2011. Group EBIT amounted to €1,968 million (Q3 2010: €2,418 million). Adjusted for special factors, however, EBIT from the ongoing business of €2,110 million was higher than in the prior-year period (Q3 2010: €2,022 million).
Net profit for the period was €1,360 [...]
Twelfth place among the ‘Best Global Brands 2011’: Mercedes-Benz is the world’s most valuable premium automotive brand
Freitag, 7.Oktober 2011Mercedes-Benz continues to be regarded as the world’s most valuable premium automotive brand. In the latest ranking by respected brand consultancy Interbrand Zintzmeyer & Lux, ‘Best Global Brands 2011’.
The three-pointed star brand again took twelfth place – as it did last year – and is therefore the most valuable European brand. Its brand equity [...]
Final Approval issued by Chinese Authorities: Way clear for Daimler’s Truck Joint Venture with Foton
Montag, 26.September 2011‘Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd.’ (BFDA) has received its final approval from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM). “This is an important step for the global growth strategy of Daimler, as well as the local expansion of our portfolio,” says Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler and Head of [...]
Preliminary Investigations against Board of Management of Daimler AG discontinued
Mittwoch, 21.September 2011The District Attorney’s Office in Osnabrück has issued the following notice: “On Monday, September 19, 2011, the Office of the District Attorney of Osnabrück discontinued the preliminary investigations concerning alleged gross negligence resulting in death against Dr. Dieter Zetsche as representative of the Daimler Board of Management.“
“The investigation was initiated on the basis of allegations [...]
Mercedes-Benz, 60 years in Argentina
Samstag, 17.September 2011The company celebrated 60 years of its arrival in the country with an event to which more than 700 people attended and where it introduced the new Sprinter utility vehicle and announced the production of engine OM651.
Buenos Aires, September 6th, 2011. It was the 60th anniversary of the arrival of Mercedes-Benz in Argentina, proud to [...]
Daimler research team nominated for the “Deutscher Zukunftspreis” awarded by the Federal President
Dienstag, 30.August 2011The “Deutscher Zukunftspreis”, or German Future Prize, is the Federal President’s prize for technology and innovation and is acknowledged as the country’s most prestigious award for technical and scientific innovations.
In the anniversary year of the automobile, a team from Daimler is again among the three teams of researchers nominated for the prize by Federal [...]
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