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Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, presenting a memento to Ms. J. Jayalalithaa, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. Seen applauding are Mr. Andreas Renschler, Daimler Board of Management member responsible for Daimler Trucks and Daimler Buses, (right), and Mr. Marc Llistosella, CEO and MD, Daimler Commercial Vehicles ler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz stringent quality standards with its strongest and fastest-growing truck Cars, and other top executives of sister plants around the world and markets.” Daimler AG. is unique at the same time. It is the The Oragadam plant will produce Speaking on the occasion, Dr. only Daimler plant in the world that the versatile BharatBenz product Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the houses products which combine In- range for the Indian volume market. Board of Management Daimler AG dian engineering with German and While the HDT range of trucks is and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Japanese DNA under a single roof. based on the Mercedes-Benz Axor explained: “Our new Oragadam- This way, we are optimally position- platform, the LDT trucks are built plant shares Daimler’s ing ourselves for one of the world’s on the Fuso Canter series. The plant Multi-leaf and parabolic springs from JAMNA AUTO Jamna Auto Industries Ltd. (JAI) has been selected as the sole supplier by DICV for supply of multi-leaf and parabolic springs for its complete range of LDT and HDT vehicles. JAI’s engineering team has worked closely with BharatBenz engineers to develop suspen- sions to suit Indian road conditions. The suspensions have been designed and tested to ensure that the Indian quality and engineering standards are on par with the European requirements. This has been achieved with very close interactions with BharatBenz’s engineering team and technical experts from Europe. “We are very confident that BharatBenz would play a big role in taking the Indian automobile industry to glo- bal standards”, says Mr. Sunil Laroiya, Vice-President R&D and International Business, JAI.

28 MOTORINDIA l May 2012