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Mittwoch, 18.Januar 2012Daimler’s subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Türk has reeled in another major sale. By placing an order for 150 Mercedes-Benz Actros 1844 LS trucks, Turkish fruit and vegetable wholesaler Cekok Gida continues to put its trust in the dependability of Mercedes-Benz trucks.
The food company relies primarily on Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks, which make up about 90 percent of [...]
Daimler Adds 1,200 Positions in Ramp-up of Truck Production in North America
Freitag, 13.Januar 2012Daimler Trucks North America today announced the addition of a second shift and plans to ramp up production at its Freightliner Truck Manufacturing Plant in Cleveland, N.C. This will result in the creation of 1,200 new jobs, including 100 at the nearby DTNA Components and Logistics Plant in Gastonia, N.C.
The additional workers will increase personnel [...]
Daimler Reveals Its First Truck “Made in India”
Mittwoch, 4.Januar 2012At a sneak preview for selected Indian journalists, Daimler Truck’s subsidiary Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) revealed the new BharatBenz brand heavy-duty truck today.
With its first-ever truck “Made in India”, BharatBenz will enter the promising Indian market for medium heavy-duty and heavy-duty commercial vehicles. India has become the world’s third-largest truck market in recent [...]
Daimler Trucks Improves Profitability, Productivity, and Capabilities for Innovation
Freitag, 30.Dezember 2011Indications are good that the global truck sector will continue to grow in the future.The current level of incoming orders at Daimler AG confirm this view: The orders for 420,000 units that Daimler Trucks received between January and November 2011 represent a 26 percent increase from the prior year (334,200 units), as well as the [...]
The Year in Review: Part II April – June
Donnerstag, 29.Dezember 2011The best of 2011 – Part II: April to June
Concept A-Class
The Mercedes Concept A-Class is the first heartbeat of a new generation whose expressive design stands for concentrated dynamism.
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Leading Brazilian Construction Firm Adds 115 Mercedes-Benz Trucks to Its Fleet
Montag, 19.Dezember 2011Mercedes-Benz do Brasil continues to register a high level of orders for medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks. One of Brazil’s largest construction companies, Camargo Corrêa has now ordered 115 Mercedes-Benz trucks in order to upgrade its fleet.
The order encompasses a wide range of products, including medium-duty Atego, heavy-duty Axor and Actros trucks. As part of [...]
Ten Mercedes-Benz Atego Hybrid trucks handed over to Deutsche Post DHL
Samstag, 10.Dezember 2011Daimler AG handed over ten Mercedes-Benz Atego BlueTec Hybrid vehicles to DP Fleet GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL, at the manufacturer’s Wörth plant today.
The vehicles will be deployed throughout Germany in the mail and freight segments. The trucks assigned to DHL’s freight operations will operate in Wustermark and Hamburg, while the five [...]
Production Anniversary at Daimler in North America: 1,000th Natural Gas Truck delivered
Freitag, 9.Dezember 2011The delivery of the 1,000th Freightliner natural gas vehicle underlines the acceptance of green technologies by customers of Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) and makes the company the first commercial vehicle manufacturer to achieve such a milestone for clean, natural gas trucks in North America.
To date, DTNA has handed over a combined total of [...]
New Actros takes “European Transport Sustainability Prize 2012” award
Donnerstag, 1.Dezember 2011The new Mercedes Benz Actros has taken the “European Transport Sustainability Prize 2012” award in the “Trucks from 7.5 tonnes” category.
This is the first year the prize sponsored by the Huss-Verlag publishing house has been awarded. The jury statement highlighted the vehicle’s low fuel consumption, which was achieved in spite of the technology measures [...]
New Mercedes-Benz Actros voted “Truck Of The Year 2012″
Donnerstag, 1.Dezember 2011On the occasion of the international specialist trade fair “Trailer 2011” in Kortrijk, Belgium, an international expert jury awarded the new Mercedes-Benz Actros the title of “Truck Of The Year 2012”.
The industry journalists, coming from 24 European countries and specialised in commercial vehicles, voted the flagship from the Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle fleet the best [...]
Aero trailer design study from Mercedes-Benz: drastically cutting wind resistance and fuel consumption of semitrailer tractors
Montag, 28.November 2011The wind resistance falls by 18 percent, the fuel consumption by virtually five percent: the design study from Mercedes-Benz goes by the working title “aero trailer” and shows how it is possible to reduce yet further the already low consumption and thus also the CO2 emissions of state-of-the-art trucks such as the new Actros. Mercedes-Benz [...]
First new “Euro VI” Mercedes-Benz Actros delivered to France
Dienstag, 25.Oktober 2011The first Actros Euro VI was handed over to the Transalliance transport company today as part of a major order for over 500 Mercedes-Benz trucks.
Ulrich Bastert, head of sales at Mercedes-Benz Trucks, handed over the vehicle to Alexandre Michel, owner and CEO of the Transalliance Group, in Wörth today. “There is a good, long-standing [...]
Daimler to create 350 new jobs in North America
Sonntag, 23.Oktober 2011Daimler Trucks North America plans to ramp up production of Western Star heavy-duty trucks at its plant in Portland, Oregon, for which it will add a second shift. This will create approximately 350 new jobs at the facility by the end of 2012. About 330 of these jobs will be for shop employees.
The new hiring [...]
Daimler announces new component brand in North America
Dienstag, 18.Oktober 2011This year the American Trucking Association is holding its Management Conference and Exhibition in Dallas, Texas, from October 15 to18. In a press conference at the annual event of the U.S. trucking industry’s biggest association, Daimler Trucks North America unveiled its new “Detroit” brand.
Based on the existing Detroit Diesel brand, the “Detroit” brand will encompass [...]
New heavy-duty Actros truck: The Mercedes-Benz among trucks
Montag, 19.September 2011Its looks have been optimised in the wind tunnel, its technology and engineering are masterful and its cab is a unique combination of workplace and home from home:
the new Mercedes-Benz Actros is the new benchmark for premium-class trucks. It reconciles high performance with low fuel consumption, its emissions are lower in pollutants than any [...]
Mercedes-Benz Atego 1224 Stone restoration by order of the Queen
Mittwoch, 24.August 2011It’s dependable: the Atego with permissible gross vehicle weight of 6.5 to 16 tonnes is a machine you can rely on. The vehicle’s outstanding manoeuvrability and compact external dimensions have also proven their worth in stone restoration capacity.
Narrow alleyways in historic town centres are no problem for this all-rounder – and these are also [...]
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