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B | Efficient Operation — Profitable Growth.
The biggest research and development location outside Germany — and part of our global growth strategy:
the newly opened Mercedes-Benz Research and Development Center India in Bangalore.
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Daimler has been building trucks, bus chassis, engines,
transmissions and axles for Latin America in São Bernardo do
Campo since the 1950s. In order to optimally benefit from the
growth potential offered by the Brazilian economy, we not only
enlarged and modernized our existing plant, but also estab-
lished an additional production facility with the use of Juiz de
Fora for truck manufacturing. In Juiz de Fora, Mercedes-Benz
do Brasil now builds the proven Mercedes-Benz Actros and the
Accelo, a light-duty truck for the Latin American market.
Continuing to exploit enormous sales potential.
India’s automobile market offers good prospects as well.
Its dynamic development will benefit Daimler for a long time
to come. In addition to expanding its research and develop-
ment center in Bangalore, Mercedes-Benz has increased the
production capacity of its facility in Pune. The introduction
of BharatBenz trucks is moving ahead at a fast pace, and
this year we will also expand the range of medium- and
heavy-duty truck models for our Indian customers. Our plant
in Chennai plays an important role in our new Asia Business
Model. The FUSO trucks manufactured in Chennai are deliv-
ered to other countries in Asia and to dynamically developing
markets in Africa.
Local production, state-of-the-art technologies,
and an uncompromising commitment to quality are
the drivers of our global success.
Our locally manufactured cars are able to fulfill the
Mercedes-Benz brand pledge “The Best or Nothing” through
the systematic use of the Mercedes-Benz production system
and our global quality management system.