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Mercedes-Benz Trucks Roadshow 2026: Experience the future of commercial vehicle logistics firsthand
02 Apr 2026
Mercedes-Benz Trucks reflects on 130 years of truck history and 30 years of Actros while decisively driving the transformation of transport forward…
Daimler Truck completes integration of its subsidiary Mitsubishi Fuso into new ARCHION Corporation
02 Apr 2026
The Daimler Truck Group (“Daimler Truck”) today completed the integration of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (”Mitsubishi Fuso”) …
Mercedes-Benz Trucks prepares its European production network for the future
02 Apr 2026
Mercedes Benz Trucks is continuing to systematically strengthen the future viability of its European production network. The plant in Wörth am Rhe…
Toyota Motor Corporation aims to join Daimler Truck and Volvo Group as equal shareholder in the fuel cell joint venture cellcentric
02 Apr 2026
Daimler Truck AG (Daimler Truck), the Volvo Group (Volvo), cellcentric and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have signed a non-binding agreement to…
Personnel change at Mercedes-Benz Trucks: Marcus Ekman to become new Head of Engineering
02 Apr 2026
Personnel change at Mercedes-Benz Trucks: Marcus Ekman (51) will become new Head of Engineering Mercedes-Benz Trucks effective October 1, 2026. Mar…
Mercedes-Benz eArocs 400: Battery Electric construction truck available to order starting in April
02 Apr 2026
Mercedes Benz Trucks will begin sales of its new battery electric eArocs 400 in April, expanding its electric portfolio to include the construction…
With the eActros 600, Dobbe Transport sets a new benchmark in Benelux long-haul transport
27 Mar 2026
With the arrival of its first Mercedes-Benz eActros 600, Dutch logistics company Dobbe Transport is marking another milestone on its path toward el…
FUSO Europe business update: Further Strengthening of European Sales Structure
27 Mar 2026
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (“FUSO”) is announcing major business updates regarding their FUSO Europe business.…
Groundbreaking in Rome: Daimler Buses builds new service center
25 Mar 2026
Daimler Buses has begun construction of a new service center in the Rome metropolitan area. The facility in Fiano Romano, located about 40 kilomete…
Daimler Truck Supervisory Board appoints Yvonne Bettkober to the Board of Management – Jürgen Hartwig leaves the company after more than 30 years
25 Mar 2026
The Supervisory Board of Daimler Truck Holding AG has appointed Yvonne Bettkober as a new Member of the Board of Management, effective October 1, 2…
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By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
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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.
