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New axle load regulations: first upgraded BharatBenz models handed over to customers

New axle load regulations: first upgraded BharatBenz models handed over to customers

Chennai/ Jaipur: BharatBenz handed over its first trucks upgraded according to the new axle load regulations. The milestone was celebrated at customer events in Chennai and Jaipur. The first two upgraded BharatBenz models – a 55-tonne tractor and a 28-tonne rigid truck, are now commercially available at dealerships across India. The brand will upgrade its entire portfolio according to the new axle load regulations in a staggered approach.

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles powers ahead on sustainable growth track

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles powers ahead on sustainable growth track

Chennai – Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) - the wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, the world’s leading CV manufacturer with a global reach – recorded its best-ever business results in the year 2018. As planned, the company reached the break-even in its truck business just over six years after the market launch of BharatBenz.

BharatBenz gears up for further growth with new touchpoints in Tamil Nadu

BharatBenz gears up for further growth with new touchpoints in Tamil Nadu

Chennai/Villupuram/Maraimalai Nagar – Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) in association with KUN Trucking today inaugurated a new 3S state-of-the-art BharatBenz dealership in Villupuram and in Maraimalainagar which will cater to BharatBenz trucks and buses. The opening of this new network touchpoints, owned and operated by KUN Trucking, reflects the strong growth trajectory of BharatBenz in its home region.

Mitsubishi Fuso delivers all-electric light-duty truck eCanter to S-line Group

Mitsubishi Fuso delivers all-electric light-duty truck eCanter to S-line Group

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC; headquarters: Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture; President and CEO Hartmut Schick), in line with its Vision to lead the commercial vehicle industry into the future, today announced it delivered five eCanter electric light-duty trucks on February 9 to S-line Gifu Co., Ltd. (headquartered in Ginancho, Hashima-gun, Gifu; headed by President Yoshihiko Yamaguchi) and S-line Kakamigahara Co., Ltd. (headquartered in Kakamigahara City, Gifu; headed by President Kimihisa Hashimoto).

Mitsubishi Fuso Inaugurates Fifth Retail Training Center in Japan at Kawasaki Plant

Mitsubishi Fuso Inaugurates Fifth Retail Training Center in Japan at Kawasaki Plant

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC; headquarters: Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture; President and CEO Hartmut Schick), in line with its Vision to lead the commercial vehicle industry into the future, announces the inauguration of a nationwide retail training network made up of five training centers. Up from the original two training centers in Kitsuregawa and Osaka, two new training centers in Shimonoseki and Sendai were opened in 2018, with the fifth opening in January 2019 at the Kawasaki Plant.

Fuso Dealer Partner Taihei Kogyo Inc. to reopen its renovated Tsuruoka branch

Fuso Dealer Partner Taihei Kogyo Inc. to reopen its renovated Tsuruoka branch

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC; headquarters: Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture; President and CEO Hartmut Schick), announces that its dealer partner Taihei Kogyo Inc. (headquarters: Chiyoda-ku; President and CEO Yukinori Muto; hereafter referred to as Taihei Kogyo) has renovated its Tsuruoka branch and is ready to begin service at its new facility on Tuesday, February 12th.

Mitsubishi Fuso Deploys Gas Engine Cogeneration System at Kawasaki Plant

Mitsubishi Fuso Deploys Gas Engine Cogeneration System at Kawasaki Plant

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC; headquarters: Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture; President and CEO Hartmut Schick) is pleased to announce that it has installed and begun operations of a gas engine cogeneration system* at the Kawasaki Plant. A cogeneration system is one that generates more than two types of secondary energy from primary energy continually and concurrently. It uses exhaust heat at the time of power generation in generating vapor to be supplied to the production lines, making more efficient use of energy possible.

MFTBC Moves Headquarters to Site of Kawasaki Plant

MFTBC Moves Headquarters to Site of Kawasaki Plant

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (headquartered in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture; headed by President and Chief Executive Officer Hartmut Schick) (MFTBC) is pleased to announce the move of its corporate headquarters to the newly constructed Product Center on the site of the Kawasaki Plant (Kawasaki City, Nakahara Ward, Ohkuracho).

techXpert 2018 celebrates best BharatBenz service technicians

techXpert 2018 celebrates best BharatBenz service technicians

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) held the second edition of its nationwide contest techXpert for the best service technicians from across its BharatBenz sales & service network, with more than 2,700 applicants in the initial stage.

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