Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd (DICV), a 100 per cent wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, recently rolled out the 5000th truck from its plant at Oragadam, near Chennai.
After a successful start of production of its BharatBenz range of trucks in June 2012, DICV launched its heavy-duty trucks (3 models) on 26 September, last year, in Mumbai. Subsequently, DICV launched its light/medium-duty range in February, this year. DICV also launched the new FUSO range of trucks at its plant on 23 May, as part of its well-coordinated Asia Business Model.
DICV is stabilising its production line of all its launched models. Currently, DICV produces the 2523, 3123, 2528, 914, 1214 and 1217 (heavy, medium/light-duty rigid & tipper trucks) with several variants.