Tuesday 8 July 2014

Daimler India Starts Production Of Left-Hand Drive Trucks For Exports

Daimler India rolls out first Left-Hand Drive (LHD) FUSO trucks for export markets from Oragadam plant near here. The first heavy-duty truck - the FUSO FJ (equivalent to a 2528C), will be launched in markets like, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Egypt. The trucks will aslo be exported to other markets like Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.


With this, Daimler Trucks Asia strengthens its portfolio of new FUSO trucks for the non-Asian markets as well blostering its export strategy. A variant of the new DICV-made FUSO LHD will be showcased at the upcoming IAA Hannover show in September 2014.


As part of the first wave of Export-markets DICV-made FUSO trucks are already exported to markets like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Brunei.


DICV will also start manufacturing medium-duty FUSO LHD vehicles subsequently later this year to address the wider market.


Daimler Trucks Asia expects to gain additional growth momentum in the future markets on top of the current existing markets from its new Asia Business Model introduced in 2013.


The new business model creates synergies by bundling the strengths of the Japan-based Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. (MFTBC) and Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) under the Umbrella of Daimler Trucks Asia.


Source:- auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com





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