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Transports Vallée in France is investing in the future: First Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 and 62 Actros L with ProCabin
19 Dec 2025
The French Vallée Group has added the first Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 to its fleet and at the same time put a new charging infrastructure into ope…
Major order for 500 electric buses: Daimler Buses signs new framework agreement
18 Dec 2025
The Flemish public transport operator De Lijn, headquartered in Mechelen, Belgium, is fully committed to electromobility as part of its corporate s…
Dennis Kinzelmann to become CEO of Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks
18 Dec 2025
Personnel change at Mercedes-Benz Trucks: Dennis Kinzelmann (45) will take over as Head of Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks & Custom Tailored Trucks ef…
17 new Setra intercity buses for Merz Reisen
18 Dec 2025
Merz Reisen GmbH is taking delivery of 17 new Setra Low Entry intercity buses. Each S 515 LE is equipped with 45 seats and features advanced techno…
Omnibus Weidachstein embarks on a battery electric future – with five new eCitaro city buses
17 Dec 2025
On 16 December 2025, Omnibus Weidachstein GmbH & Co. KG took delivery of five new Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses at the Daimler Buses plant in Neu-Ulm…
Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks unveils the most luxurious Unimog ever
16 Dec 2025
To mark its 80th anniversary next year, Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks has taken on a special challenge: In collaboration with conversion partner Hel…
Karin Rådström to lead ACEA Commercial Vehicle Board in 2026
15 Dec 2025
Daimler Truck AG (“Daimler Truck”) is pleased to announce that Karin Rådström, President and CEO of Daimler Truck, is elected Chair of the Co…
Electric power for the holiday season: Rothaus Brewery transports black forest fir to Brussels with the eActros 600
15 Dec 2025
The Rothaus State Brewery has delivered a festively decorated Black Forest fir tree to the Baden-Württemberg State Representation in Brussels usin…
Daimler Truck establishes semi-public charging network for trucks – first pilot customers successfully launched
11 Dec 2025
Daimler Truck is pushing ahead with the development of charging facilities for battery-electric trucks and is launching a semi-public charging netw…
Daimler Truck brand BharatBenz launches new heavy-duty bus for intercity traffic
11 Dec 2025
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles ("DICV"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG ("Daimler Truck"), introduces a new heavy-duty bus chassi…
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
