Leinfelden-Echterdingen / Tramagal , May 22, 2023 -
Following its European premiere at the IAA Transportation in Hanover in September 2022, Daimler Truck subsidiary FUSO is celebrating the start of production of the all-electric light truck in Europe. The event at the Mitsubishi FUSO Europe ("MFTE") production plant in Tramagal, Portugal, brought together company representatives and guests of politics and business to celebrate the first Next Generation eCanter from European production running off the assembly line.
Wörth am Rhein, May 17, 2023 -
After a break of almost three years - and just in time for its 60th anniversary - the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth am Rhein will once again be offering guided tours of truck production from May 2, 2023.
Wörth, Apr 13, 2023 -
With an area of almost three million square meters, Wörth plant is the world's largest in the Mercedes-Benz Trucks production network. With around 10,000 employees, it is also the second-largest employer in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Leinfelden-Echterdingen/Mannheim/Neu-Ulm, Mar 1, 2023 -
The Management of Daimler Buses and the General Works Council of EvoBus GmbH have agreed on a target picture to ensure long-term competitiveness and the German sites. The company will implement various structural changes in order to permanently reduce the annual operating costs in Germany.
Leinfelden-Echterdingen/Halberstadt , Jan 13, 2023 -
As the heart of the global supply of spare parts, a completely new logistics hub – the so-named Global Parts Center – is being built in Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt. In the future parts deliveries will be made from this central location, eliminating additional transport routes and cutting the time until parts are available. The facility is designed to meet the requirements of Daimler Truck customers. Regional dealers can be supplied directly or can pick up parts themselves if necessary.
Stuttgart / Laupheim, Dec 14, 2022 -
Süddeutsche Verkehrslinien GmbH & Co. KG from Laupheim has taken seven new Setra low entry vehicles of the type S 415 LE business into service.
Leinfelden-Echterdingen/Stuttgart, Dec 1, 2022 -
Personnel change at Mercedes-Benz Trucks: Franziska Cusumano (33) will take over the responsiblity for the business unit Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks & Custom Tailored Trucks (CTT) starting December 1st, 2022.
Mannheim, Dec 1, 2022 -
Daimler Truck has received a special prize in the "Das hat Potenzial!” “SCHULEWIRTSCHAFT" competition. The company has received the prize for particularly successful STEM projects and offerings for girls and young women.
Wörth am Rhein, Nov 30, 2022 -
The Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth is celebrating a special anniversary: the Unimog has been produced here for 20 years. After the vehicle had been manufactured at the sister plant in Gaggenau for many years, production of the universal engine-powered machine moved from Gaggenau to the Wörth plant in 2002.
Wörth am Rhein , Nov 24, 2022 -
Mercedes-Benz Trucks is driving forward the transformation of the transport industry toward CO2-neutral drive systems and focusing on e-trucks also in its own supply chain. Mercedes-Benz Trucks has set itself the ambitious goal of 100 percent electrification of delivery traffic to its largest truck plant by the end of 2026, making a significant part of direct supply chain CO2-neutral.
Beijing, China , Sep 23, 2022 -
Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive (BFDA), the joint venture of Daimler Truck Holding AG (“Daimler Truck”) and Foton Motor, celebrates the first locally produced Mercedes-Benz trucks with an inauguration ceremony at its new state-of-the-art production site in Huairou, Beijing. With the start of the series-production as scheduled, Daimler Truck is opening a new chapter in China.
Stuttgart/Wörth am Rhein, Nov 25, 2021 -
Due to the split of Daimler into two independent companies on 1 December, Daimler Truck transferred the first batch of historical Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles and parts of its truck and bus archive to the location in Wörth at the end of November.
São Paulo / Stuttgart, Nov 3, 2021 -
Mercedes-Benz do Brasil launches the Mercedes-Benz Arocs 8x4 specifically designed and engineered for Brazilian as well as Latin American customers. Based on the European model of the truck, this adapted version withstands extreme operating situations, characterized by demanding terrains and challenging routes in Latin America.
Stuttgart/Neu-Ulm, Oct 27, 2021 -
The Center of Competence 3D-Printing at Daimler Buses is expanding its portfolio and is now also offering additive manufacturing services to customers of other industries.
Wörth am Rhein, Oct 7, 2021 -
The world premiere of the Mercedes-Benz eActros took place at the end of June, and today the first series-production vehicle rolled off the production line in the new Future Truck Center at the Wörth plant.
Gaggenau / Mannheim / Kassel, Oct 4, 2021 -
The Mercedes-Benz powertrain plants in Germany are starting production of key components for the battery-powered eActros. They include the electric axle and the battery packs, which are produced and assembled at the plants in Gaggenau, Kassel and Mannheim.
Stuttgart / São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, Sep 14, 2021 -
Mercedes-Benz do Brasil has presented the fully electric eO500U bus chassis. The bus chassis was specially designed for Latin American cities and will be produced in São Bernardo do Campo, in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, from 2022 on.
Stuttgart/Oslo, Aug 24, 2021 -
"Vy Buss AS", Norway's largest bus corporation, is operating 13 new Setra S 531 DT double-decker buses on its express routes. The photo shows part of the new luxury bus fleet.
Stuttgart/Munich, Aug 18, 2021 -
Munich-based Geldhauser Linien- und Reiseverkehr GmbH & Co. KG is currently supporting a pilot project initiated by the German Alpine Club (DAV), with eight Setra double-decker coaches.
Actros Edition 2 special model: Tobias Wöllmer has collected his dream truck from the plant at Wörth
Stuttgart/Wörth am Rhein, Aug 12, 2021 -
Tobias Wöllmer from the Gressel haulage company in Neustadt an der Aisch recently collected his Actros Edition 2 from the Customer Centre at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth. The driver now drives a special model limited to 400 units.
Stuttgart,Germany/Columbus (Indiana),USA , Aug 5, 2021 -
Daimler Truck AG and U.S.-based global power leader and engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) announced in February that they would enter into a global strategic partnership for medium-duty engines.
Gaggenau / Kassel / Mannheim , Jul 30, 2021 -
Following intensive talks, Daimler Truck AG and the Works Council have agreed on key points regarding the future orientation and safeguarding of the Mercedes-Benz powertrain plants.
Kawasaki, Japan, Jul 19, 2021 -
As an integral part of Daimler Truck AG, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC; Head office: Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture; President and CEO: Hartmut Schick) is proud to announce that MFTBC will be following the Daimler Trucks & Buses ambition towards CO2-neutrality in production sites by aiming to shift all plants to CO2-neutrality by 2039.
Stuttgart / Wörth am Rhein, Jul 15, 2021 -
Sustainable, highly flexible and ideally positioned for the future of transport: The Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth is becoming the center for emission-free transport within the Mercedes-Benz truck production network.
Chennai, Jul 6, 2021 -
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) today announced the creation of the Transformation Management Office (TMO) and the new position of a “Chief Transformation Officer”.
Stuttgart / Moscow , Jul 2, 2021 -
DAIMLER KAMAZ RUS (DK RUS), the Joint Venture between Daimler Trucks and its Russian partner KAMAZ, has received a large order from the Russian construction company Partner Group.
Stuttgart, Jul 1, 2021 -
After more than 30 years in a wide variety of management positions in the Daimler Group, Sven Ennerst (57), Member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck AG and Head of the Global Product Engineering & Procurement organization as well as Daimler Trucks China, will retire at the end of 2021.
Stuttgart, Jun 21, 2021 -
Full concentration on buses: services specifically aimed at buses are the recipe for the success of the Omniplus service brand under the roof of Daimler Buses.
Stuttgart / Wörth am Rhein, Jun 21, 2021 -
Personnel changes at Daimler Trucks: Dr Andreas Bachhofer (51) will become the new Plant Manager and Head of Production at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth. He will thus assume responsibility for the largest assembly plant of Mercedes-Benz Trucks with around 10,000 employees, effective from August 1, 2021.
Stuttgart, Jun 17, 2021 -
Mercedes-Benz do Brasil has transformed two buses into mobile vaccination units. The two vehicles, an OF 1519 urban bus and an 0 500 R touring coach, were donated to the Brazilian Red Cross (Cruz Vermelha Brasileira) and are being used to support the Ministry of Health's National Immunization Plan in Brazil.
Tramagal / Stuttgart , Jun 8, 2021 -
The Tramagal plant in Portugal, Daimler Trucks’ central production location for FUSO in Europe, today announced that its truck-manufacturing infrastructure is setting the course for green truck production by achieving carbon neutrality in 2022.
Stuttgart/Neu-Ulm, May 18, 2021 -
Rettungsdienst Heidenheim-Ulm gGmbH, part of the German Red Cross (DRK), relies on a converted Setra intercity bus in their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stuttgart / Neu-Ulm, May 12, 2021 -
Daimler Buses and its service brand Omniplus have created a mobile printing centre for the decentralised production of 3D printed spare parts in order to be able to provide bus customers with spare parts more quickly.
Stuttgart / Wörth, May 4, 2021 -
Polished to high gloss and ready for hand over – the first of only 400 special Edition 2 Actros trucks will soon be gladden its new owner while the next vehicles are waiting to be finalized. Around 40 additional options for the interior and exterior as well as special design elements give the Edition 2 an unmistakeable character. The result: a premium Actros with a "wow" effect.
Stuttgart/Kelsterbach, Apr 30, 2021 -
The Hessian Frabus GmbH has added seven S 415 LE business to its fleet. With the Setra MultiClass low-entry vehicles, the company operates two of the four staff bus routes at Frankfurt Airport on behalf of Fraport AG.
Stuttgart / Wörth am Rhein , Apr 30, 2021 -
Dr. Matthias Jurytko, currently Plant Manager and Head of Production at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth, will move to cellcentric, the fuel cell joint venture of Daimler Truck AG and the Volvo Group, as of 1 June 2021. He will take over the role of Managing Director and CEO there.
Stuttgart / São Bernardo do Campo, Apr 16, 2021 -
Mercedes-Benz do Brasil is expanding its vehicle portfolio with the new Super Padron O 500 R 1830. The chassis can be equipped with urban bodies of up to 14 metres in length and offers space for up to 100 passengers.
Stuttgart/Mühlhausen, Apr 1, 2021 -
Daimler Buses is supporting local Covid-19 vaccination campaigns with a Setra MultiClass S 415 LE business. Up to 400 vaccinations can be carried out every day in the low-entry vehicle which Dr. Jens Heinemann, Head of Private Customer Sales, Germany, at Daimler Buses handed over to Thomas Goertler, Head of Vaccination and Tests at the Huber Group (photo).
Stuttgart/Zell im Wiesental, Mar 26, 2021 -
Bus company Heizmann-Reisen from Germany's Black Forest region is focussing on stress-free time savings on their regular service routes – and in doing so is playing a pioneering role. It is the first German bus company to have an S 418 LE business bus equipped with a third exit (photo 21C0081_002).
Stuttgart / São Bernardo do Campo, Mar 24, 2021 -
Daimler Buses and Mercedes-Benz do Brasil have launched the OF 1621 bus chassis on the Brazilian market.
