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Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management, Daimler AG and Head of -Benz Cars Mercedes-Benz Actros, which was already named ‘Truck of the Year’ in its year of launch. After the natural disaster in Ja- pan, quickly returned to its previous level of production, thanks to its employees’ exceptional efforts. And we are boost- ing efficiency worldwide by intensifying global co-operation between procurement, production and production planning”, adds Dr. Zetsche. Excellent sales in Europe, Latin America Trucks Europe/Latin America has global responsibility for all the truck activities of the Daimler Group under the Mer- cedes-Benz brand. With another strong increase in unit sales to 159,300 vehicles (2010: 135,200), Trucks Europe / Latin America equalled the high level of 2007. A significant contri- bution came from Western Europe, where Daimler remained the market leader in the medium- and heavy-duty truck seg- ments. In Russia, its unit sales doubled to 3,300 vehicles, thanks to co-ordinated activities with . In Latin America, the company’s unit sales reached a new The year 2011 was a very good one for record of 52,600 vehicles. Despite the tough competition in Daimler Trucks. Total unit sales increased by Brazil, the region’s biggest market, Daimler achieved the high 20 per cent to 425,800 vehicles worldwide, level of the prior year with sales of 44,100 units. while revenue grew by 20 per cent to Euro The current Euro III emissions regulations will be replaced 28.8 billion and EBIT rose by a strong 41 per by the more stringent Euro V standards in Brazil in 2012 and cent to Euro 1.9 billion. “We are updating our in Argentina in 2013. In response to these developments, truck product range very successfully in all business manufacturers are upgrading their model ranges. With Daim- units and regions. The best example is the new ler’s product line-up, it is well prepared for the change.

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