Capital Equipment News December 2021

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The Mercedes-Benz Actros has been at the forefront of the sales revolution this year.

New dawn for Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa Following Daimler AG’s global separation into two pure-play companies, Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa (DTBSA) has announced a new business structure, which sees the company transition into a completely independent wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG, with effect from 1 December 2021, writes Munesu Shoko .

service business – Daimler Truck Financial Services South Africa (DTFS). As a whol- ly-owned subsidiary of DTBSA, DTFS will play a fundamental role in driving sales with tailor-made financing, leasing and mobility solutions, increasing retention and building customer loyalty, which en- ables a commercial vehicle-dedicated and customer-centric support to the market. Currently operating out of four sites across South Africa, DTBSA will relocate to a dedicated commercial vehicle campus to be built in Centurion, while assem- bly plant operations will remain in East London. A complete separation of Mer- cedes-Benz Cars and DTBSA assembly operations in the East London production plant is well underway, explains Glad- stone Mtyoko, vice president, Manufac- turing at DTBSA. The DTBSA production plant will however continue to operate from the main location with clear and seamless integration of Mercedes-Benz and FUSO brands. It will retain the same level of access to the key production ar- eas – the harbour, depots/storage centres, testing ground and training academy.

E arlier this year, Daimler AG announced plans to divide its business into two separate companies – one dedicated to passenger cars and the other to manage its heavy truck and bus business,

which has long been part of the company’s structure. As part of the new structure, Michael Dietz, CEO of DTBSA, explains that the company will for the first time have a dedicated captive finance and mobility

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