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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 [...]
1,000 new jobs at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth
Samstag, 13.August 2011All the signs now point to growth at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth. The facility’s order books are full and the new Actros, which will begin rolling off the line in Wörth at the end of September, is generating an increase in production volume and therefore a greater need for personnel.
The production program has [...]
The Mercedes-Benz Econic NGT enters new areas of operation
Mittwoch, 10.August 2011A research project initiated by the Vienna University of Technology and Magna Steyr AG in Graz entitled “Clean Heavy Duty” (“Environmentally Friendly Commercial Vehicle”) has now reached a remarkable conclusion.
And as a result of the research findings, in future the environmentally-friendly transport and supply logistics operations of the Magna Steyr Group are to be [...]
Daimler Trucks is creating the conditions for additional synergies
Sonntag, 31.Juli 2011With the realignment of its powertrain production operations, Daimler Trucks is making further progress in its Global Excellence Strategy. The pooling of synergies in the field of powertrain products will enable Daimler Trucks to respond better to the global growth of freight traffic.
Under the overall management of Stefan Buchner, powertrain production operations will focus much [...]
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