Daimler India lays foundation stone for its new bus plant

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd (DICV) celebrated the foundation stone laying ceremony of its new bus plant at Oragadam, Chennai. The plant has been setup with an investment of Rs 425 crores. The plant is expected to start production by the second quarter of 2015. It will initially be producing 1500 units and will later be expanded to roll out 4000 units.

The plant will be spread over an area of 27.91 acres and after being completed will be the first Daimler plant globally that will manufacture three brands of trucks, buses and engines under one roof.The plant will be producing both front and rear engined buses with categories ranging from 9, 16 to above 16 tonnes. A bus body building facility will also be part of the new plant and will be managed by M/s Wrightbus which has partnered with Daimler for building the bodies of its front-engined buses.

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L-R: Daimler officials at the ground breaking ceremony for the bus plant in ChennaiThe bus division will have a total workforce of 300 people apart from DICVs existing personnel.The Daimler and BharatBenz trucks and buses coming out of this plant will be serviced by the existing dealership network that already services the BharatBenz range of commercial vehicles.Marc Llistosella, MD & CEO, DICV said, We, at DICV, are extremely proud and confident about this new beginning. Since inception, we have delivered on all our promises for the Indian market, and we are continuously achieving new milestones.

BharatBenz, having already achieved the No.4 position in trucks in India, has now become the preferred brand for most of the truck customers, thanks to its high performance products backed by best-in-class service levels. I am confident that the new bus project will continue to deliver same level of promise and experience to the customer.