Daimler rolls out 100,000th vehicle from Tamil Nadu factory
Chennai-based commercial vehicle maker Daimler Thursday rolled out the 100,000th vehicle from its Oragadam manufacturing facility. Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV)which is the 100 per cent Indian subsidiary of the Daimler AG, Germany, had started production from the facility in 2012 and rolled out the first BharatBenz rigid heavy-duty trucks in June that year.
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